Posted on 10/07/2018 4:18:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
(CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Republican Party will still challenge Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia despite his help confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
"We appreciate his vote for Judge Kavanaugh," the Kentucky senator said Sunday on CBS's "Face The Nation." "I think it was the right thing to do. But we're trying to win seats."
While McConnell said he appreciates Manchin's support, he also pointed out that he is "still a Democrat."
McConnell, like other Republicans, has harped on what he calls a "mob" of left-wing protesters as an issue in the wake of the Kavanaugh confirmation fight and with the midterm elections approaching. President Donald Trump made similar statements Saturday, saying at a rally in Topeka, Kansas, that "(i)n their quest for power, the radical Democrats have turned into an angry mob."
Hailing from a state that Trump won overwhelmingly and where Kavanaugh is favored, Manchin's reelection chances next month could get a boost from his vote for the judge. He came out in support of Kavanaugh on Friday, releasing a statement immediately after Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, another key swing vote, said in a lengthy Senate floor speech that she too would back the nominee.
In so doing, Manchin, who also voted for Trump's first Supreme Court selection, Neil Gorsuch, became the only Senate Democrat to break ranks with his party.
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Manchin should have switched parties a year ago.
Too late.
Weren’t you here a few days ago telling us that McConnell was orchestrating a defeat for Kavanaugh’s confirmation? LOL.
Did Manchin give a speech on the Senate floor endorsing his confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh? Far as I know, all he did was to come out and say he was going to vote for him, via Twitter. If this is in fact, true, then I say...COWARD! He waited to see which way “the winds were headed” and then made his move. He’s as every bit a coward and fraud as all other Demoncrats, and Murkowski included. I hope he’s defeated in November.
Hopefully, McConnell has finally learned the lesson the rest of us have learned.
Paul Ryan has been lying to the GOP voters and his plan to go RAT-lite was just as stupid in the USA as it was in CA decades ago.
Is Dick Morris still alive? Heard nothing from him about all this
Turns out we didnt need his vote and he waited...
Im worried about the House. DemoRats may gain control
He certainly wasn’t trying to win...giving that lying skank a national & worldwide platform to smear Kavanaugh.
Only an idiot rino or neverTrumper would think that would be a good idea.
That would be a MAJOR problem!!!!
Exactly!!
While I am glad Sen Manchin voted ‘Aye’ in the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, as a Democrat does need to be removed from the Senate. He had an opportunity to switch to the Republican Party 2 years ago and opted not to do so. That is to his error.
Mitch is gonna cut choo, man... ;^)
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