Amy McGrath backtracks on Kavanaugh: 'I would have voted no'

[DonViejo]

Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY Published 9:28 p.m. ET July 10, 2019

WASHINGTON – Hours after saying she would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath changed her stance.

McGrath, a Democrat hoping to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020, wrote on Twitter that after "further understanding" of Kavanaugh's record, she would not have voted to confirm him.

"I was asked earlier today about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and I answered based upon his qualifications to be on the Supreme Court," she tweeted Wednesday evening. "But upon further reflection and further understanding of his record, I would have voted no."

During an interview with the Louisville Courier Journal on Wednesday, McGrath said she would have voted to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. During his confirmation process, many Democrats in Congress and many progressive activists took issue with Kavanaugh's judicial record, judicial philosophy and views on the precedents of the high court -- in particular, whether he would hold respect Roe v. Wade as binding precedent in subsequent Supreme Court cases dealing with abortion.

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[madaboutharry]

1. This is a rookie mistake.

She needs to get some good advisors fast and get up to speed.

Along with a lot of others, I donated to her campaign the other day. If she runs a smart campaign, I think she has a good chance of defeating McConnell.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Yes, she needs to have positions ready on all the controvisial issues she's likely to be asked about

[beachbum bob]

3. she spoke with out thinking and made a gotcha moment all be herself, kinda sad she flubbed this

so bad right out of the gate and really disappointing that this may impact her too great to recover. I thought she had better sense and was mistaken. She does not.