Kavanaugh fight puts Senate on edge of precipice

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

An all-out brawl over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is putting the Senate on the edge of a political precipice, with some lawmakers saying the fight may leave lasting damage
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The palpable tensions spilled onto the Senate floor Wednesday when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Democrats and the “far left” of “intimidation tactics” and “bullying” as they try to persuade GOP senators to oppose Kavanaugh, whose nomination could come up for a confirmation vote as soon as this week.

“The far left tried to bully and intimidate members of this body, Republican United States senators. They’ve tried to bully and intimidate us,” McConnell said. “I want to make it clear to these people who are chasing my members around the hall here or harassing them at the airports or going to their homes, we’re not going to be intimidated by these people.”

Protesters have been staking out senators at various points around Capitol Hill -- at unrelated hearings, their offices and their cars.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409787-kavanaugh-fight-puts-senate-on-edge

You mean you'd only listen to them if they were well healed lobbyists. Right Mitch?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The executive branch has been trashed,

the House is run by a bunch of yahoos, know-nothings and Russian tools, the Supreme Court is about to become a partisan joke, so why shouldn't the Senate collapse in ruins as well?

Are we becoming a failed state?

[CrispyQ]

2. Hey McConnell, we are not "these people." We are The People & you are subverting our will.

Most people do not want this nominee seated, you sanctimonious self-righteous power-hungry fuck.

[saidsimplesimon]

3. Democrats have only their own

lack of self respect and that of voters by "going along to get along". Mitch is an evil master of deception and manipulation of "weak" Democrats (the words of the opposition to Democratic principles).