McConnell issues Supreme Court ultimatum

[turbinetree]

The Senate GOP leader is vowing to squeeze Democrats with a vote on Brett Kavanaugh right before the midterms if they don’t back down on their demand for documents.

By ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT 07/20/2018 05:00 AM EDT Updated 07/20/2018 10:15 AM EDT

Mitch McConnell has a warning for Democrats demanding copious documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Be careful what you wish for.

The Senate majority leader privately told senior Republicans on Wednesday that if Democrats keep pushing for access to upwards of a million pages in records from President Donald Trump’s high court pick, he’s prepared to let Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote slip until just before November’s midterm elections, according to multiple sources.

Delaying the vote past September would serve a dual purpose for McConnell, keeping vulnerable red-state Democrats off the campaign trail while potentially forcing anti-Kavanaugh liberals to swallow a demoralizing defeat just ahead of the midterms. Senators said McConnell believes the Democratic base will be “deflated” if they raise hopes of defeating Kavanaugh only to lose just days before the election.

Democrats have no intention of backing down in their call for maximum transparency about Kavanaugh’s record, but the GOP is betting that they’ll start to sweat the Supreme Court timeline as the summer wears on.

“To me, it’s in their best interest to have that vote done for a lot of their red-state senators who are facing their voters,” GOP Conference Chairman John Thune said.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/20/kavanaugh-supreme-court-mcconnell-ultimatum-senate-democrats-734360

Hey Thune and McConnell, first and foremost GO FUCK YOURSELF and the horse you ride on ...........

Second, did you watch Rachel Maddow last night (7/20/2018) and her connecting the dots of your "guy" that thinks a president can just do 4 years of criminal activity and not be held accountable...................and how your traitorous team is going to use the court to let your traitor boss off the hook.....................did you watch it...................here is the link just watch this fucking shit .............it makes total sense ..........just go through the playlist ....................http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show




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[SamKnause]

1. Fuck off and die Mitch.

[Golden Raisin]

7. And every miserable lowlife from Kentucky who continue to re-elect him.

[Meadowoak]

2. +1

[spanone]

3. leave it to republicans to weaponize the supreme court...fuckers

[global1]

4. Call His Bluff.......

Waiting it out till then actually works both ways and could hurt the Repugs if it happens just before the midterms.

This is a game of chicken and McConnell knows it.

[elser1939]

5. Some Democratic Senator Needs to Vocally Call McConnell Out

Get it in the Congressional record that McConnell denied Marrick Garland his rightful place on the Supreme Court, refused to let a Bi-partisan denouncement of Russian Hacking in the 2016 Election become public, and his desperately trying to ram through an extremist conservative in a bullying threatening manner. No more Senate courtesy and politeness!

[Takket]

6. The stealing of SCOTUS is only going to energize voters

Not the other way around.

[standingtall]

8. I hope turtle does delay this until after Sept good chance it will backfire on him big time

The longer the vote is delayed the better the chances are that this nominee is defeated. Red State Democrats are already polling way better than repukes would've thought a year ago and if the polling holds in Oct. there is already one vulnerable republican up for reelection and possibly could be 2 by then if trend in Texas continues. So turtle would be keeping Heller and Cruz off the campaign trail too? Finally turtle is full of sh*t. If he were assured he already had 50 votes he would've rammed this Supreme court nominee through yesterday.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Stand your ground Dems...

you're being railroaded and gaslighted.

Fuck McConnell.

[global1]

10. Bottom Line - Trump Shouldn't Have The Ability To Appoint A SCOTUS Judge.....

until Mueller files his report and Trump is either exonerated or is found guilty.

Trump is a Russian asset and a traitor. He shouldn't have the ability to appoint any judges for that matter.

[in2herbs]

11. Do McConnell and the R's not understand today's technology? The Dems can hold town hall meetings

in their districts via video conferencing and other means without ever leaving DC.