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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlake, 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.
Theres no time and no place for remarks like that, Flake (R-Ariz.) said on NBCs Today show. To discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. Its just not right. I wish he hadnt done it. . . . Its 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 Trumps 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?
Neema
(1,151 posts)What would qualify as really appalling?
Neema
(1,151 posts)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."
lame54
(35,326 posts)dogman
(6,073 posts)Their vote will show who they are.