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Is Avenatti going after Kamala...again? (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2018 OP
I can't imagine that Sen Harris MontanaMama Sep 2018 #1
Probably about Ghouliani... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #2
He is suggesting she has good information marylandblue Sep 2018 #3
When given a chance to clarify he deflects SHRED Sep 2018 #4
He's also an opportunist trying to make himself look good. marylandblue Sep 2018 #5
That's the way I saw it too Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #6
I am not sure why she would hold it, but I have a guess marylandblue Sep 2018 #7
Makes sense only if she has concluded the info would make no difference in the Senate vote Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #8
That's how I read it too DesertRat Sep 2018 #9

MontanaMama

(23,352 posts)
1. I can't imagine that Sen Harris
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 10:35 AM
Sep 2018

would suggest she had something on Kavenaugh that she didn’t actually have. If she did that, it would blow an immense amount of political capital that she can’t risk. Anything’s possible I guess but just because she doesn’t grandstand like Avenatti doesn’t mean she isn’t packing, so to speak, right? I’m curious about who he is referring to...

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
3. He is suggesting she has good information
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 10:38 AM
Sep 2018

So I view as an analysis of her actions rather than an attack on her.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
5. He's also an opportunist trying to make himself look good.
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 10:45 AM
Sep 2018

So he can be right no matter what she actually does.

Jersey Devil

(9,875 posts)
6. That's the way I saw it too
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 10:55 AM
Sep 2018

When you read all the tweets together I thought he was complimenting Harris, not attacking her.

I do not understand the tactics. If Harris has info about a meeting between Kavanaugh and Trump's lawyers, why would she keep it under wraps now instead of springing it?

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
7. I am not sure why she would hold it, but I have a guess
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 11:02 AM
Sep 2018

She wants to wait until the hearing is over to release it so that he doesn't have a chance to correct the record. There is speculation that she is referring to a particular attorney that he actually knows very well, so he would look like a liar if he claimed he didn't know who she meant or where he worked.

Jersey Devil

(9,875 posts)
8. Makes sense only if she has concluded the info would make no difference in the Senate vote
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 11:10 AM
Sep 2018

If Harris believes that it won't change a single vote to trap Kavanaugh and make him look like a liar before the Senate confirmation vote then I could agree. A motion could be brought before the SC when there is a case before it involving Trump and Mueller asking Kavanaugh to recuse and then releasing the meeting info as the reason, forcing him to step aside.

I would think putting him on record as a liar now would be the better move, but maybe there is more that Harris knows that would change that.

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