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Democrats won't let Kavanaugh debate die
Democrats won’t let Kavanaugh debate die
By Alexander Bolton - 10/09/18 06:00 AM EDT
Democrats say they see the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as not only a big issue in the November midterms but also in the 2020 election cycle, once Kavanaugh has had an impact on landmark legal decisions.
Strategists are already planning to raise money and put operatives on the ground in states with competitive Senate races in 2020 in an effort to inflict damage on a group of vulnerable Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Cory Gardner (Colo.), Joni Ernst (Iowa) and Tom Thillis (N.C.), who all voted to confirm the conservative nominee.
"Kavanaugh's going to provide the fifth vote on all kinds of controversial decisions that are probably going to be very far reaching, and when he does it will remind people anew that that 5-to-4 decision was only made possible because of Kavanaugh," said Brian Fallon, a former Senate Democratic leadership aide who is now executive director of Demand Justice, an advocacy group that opposed Kavanaugh’s nomination.
"My group is going to spend a lot of money and time in the next two years doing accountability work in states like Colorado and Maine and Iowa and North Carolina," he added.
Democratic strategist James Carville told CNN over the weekend that his party won’t let go of Kavanaugh, who was sworn in as the ninth member of the high court on Saturday. He previously served 12 years on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“For the Democrats, Kavanaugh’s worth a lot more alive than dead,” Carville said. “This is not going to go away.”
“They’re going to keep him front and center,” he added. “If the Democrats win the House, they’ll probably hold some kind of hearings on the fact that a lot of people think he perjured himself during his confirmation hearing to the court of appeals.”
“They’re going to keep him front and center,” he added. “If the Democrats win the House, they’ll probably hold some kind of hearings on the fact that a lot of people think he perjured himself during his confirmation hearing to the court of appeals.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410494-democrats-wont-let-kavanaugh-debate-die
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