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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:27 PM Oct 2018

Flake, Collins and Murkowski criticize Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser at political rally

A trio of Republican senators crucial to the confirmation prospects of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh criticized President Trump on Wednesday for mocking the account of a woman who has accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault decades ago.

In separate interviews, Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — all considered swing votes on Kavanaugh — took issue with comments the president made the night before at a political rally in Mississippi that drew laughs from his supporters.

“There’s no time and no place for remarks like that,” Flake (R-Ariz.) said on NBC’s “Today” show. “To discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. It’s just not right. I wish he hadn’t done it. . . . It’s kind of appalling.”

Flake, the Judiciary Committee member who pushed to delay the vote on Kavanaugh so the FBI could investigate, later told The Washington Post that Trump’s comments would not factor into his thinking on the nomination.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/just-plain-wrong-flake-collins-and-murkowski-criticize-trump-for-mocking-kavanaugh-accuser-at-political-rally/ar-BBNSbOD?li=BBnb7Kz


So are you two going to reject that obnoxious drunk?

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Flake, Collins and Murkowski criticize Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser at political rally (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
Kind of appalling? Neema Oct 2018 #1
Oh, and to answer your question, of course they're not going to reject him. Neema Oct 2018 #2
They'll vote him in lame54 Oct 2018 #3
And do nothing? dogman Oct 2018 #4

Neema

(1,151 posts)
2. Oh, and to answer your question, of course they're not going to reject him.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:31 PM
Oct 2018

Flake says what he thinks will make people think he has a soul, but in the end always votes with the GOP. And this time, he could barely manage a tepid "kind of appalling."

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