Posted on 08/22/2018 1:58:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) announced Wednesday that she has cancelled a planned meeting with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in light of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s guilty plea and testimony.
In a scathing statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and in a tweet Wednesday morning, Sen. Hirono called President Trump an “unindicted co-conspirator.”
“This president who is an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee, purposefully selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, the President’s okole,” she said, employing a crass, colloquial Hawaiian term.
“These are not normal times and these are certainly not the times for this committee to consider a Supreme Court nominee of this president especially a nominee who thinks the president should be immune from investigation,” she emphasized in the hearing. “We cannot abandon common sense in this dangerous time for our democracy so as I and others have said before we should delay this hearing of Judge Kavanaugh for many reasons.”
I have cancelled my meeting with Judge Kavanaugh. @realDonaldTrump, who is an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter, does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee—purposely selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, his own okole.— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) August 22, 2018
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday on multiple charges and faces up to five years in prison.
He told the court that he violated campaign finance laws in the arrangement of payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, saying he’d violated federal law "in coordination with and at the direction of a federal candidate for office," in an apparent reference to President Trump.
President Trump has since responded by dismissing Cohen’s guilty plea as related to campaign finance violations that are “not a crime” and comparing it to a campaign finance violation that was settled by the Obama administration.
Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
Hirono is not the only one looking to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings in light of the news. Several of her Democratic colleagues in the Senate have released similar statements.
After bombshell convictions of key Trump cohorts—& identification of President Trump as an unnamed, unidicted co-conspirator—Judiciary Committee must postpone Kavanaugh nomination hearing.— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) August 22, 2018
Judge Kavanaugh’s refusal to say a POTUS must comply w a duly issued subpoena & Mr Cohen’s implication of POTUS in a federal crime make the danger of Kavanaugh's nomination to the SCOTUS abundantly clear.
It's a game changer & Chairman Grassley should delay confirmation hearings— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 22, 2018
[Did she help her Navy scout out the Pacific Fleet’s ships and planes before the attack?]
It’s also possible she was sailed with 2 or 3 wings of Zeros on board her. She certainly seems full of wind but I doubt it’s Divine.
That women can’t figure out a ball point pen.
Everyone needs to be reminded of Watergate. Then review Obama’s actions in contrast. Tricky Dick at his worst never approached Obama’s High Crimes. The petty antics of Trump (as a private citizen) don’t approach either.
Trump has faced continuous attacks from both other branches. If Trump had any true Congressional support, he would be invulnerable. The GOP Congress is not a wolf in sheep’s clothing; it is a syphilitic husk plastered with makeup and sprayed with a French whore’s perfume.
Can Democrats keep avoiding impeachment talk?
The British Broadcasting Corporation | August 22, 2018 | Anthony Zurcher
Posted on 08/22/2018 2:29:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I would say that we “constituents” are the very last thing on any politician’s mind. She is just one of 100 who work for themselves.
Hawaii will be in my prayers.
Remember when the senate confirmed RBG 96-3?
yes
She’s a dunce and a boob.
One of the dumber ones.
Yupr, She shows us how a low single digit IQ looks and sounds when facts escape her again..
Baracchio Hussein 0zero will soon be known as the world’s most prolific unindicted co-conspirator. Let’s see what this pathetic excuse for a senatrix will say when Spygate blows open.
She’d look good as a Trumpmas tree ornament...
Mental illness is not a pretty sight.
Hasn’t been committed lately, though.
Even Heitkamp/Manchin/Donnelly don't mean that much, as Murkowski and Collins seem to be sure 'yes' votes now, and if they do indeed vote yes, it's over no matter what any Democrat does.
hahaha, now that’s funny!
Well, it seems so.
Please let more of them pull this stunt.
Karma would be a 30 meter tsunami?
Bring back dueling to D.C. to restore more civil tongues.
Her and Senator Murray are a couple of Einsteins.
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