Chuck Grassley leaves door open to postpone Brett Kavanaugh vote

[Botany]

Source: Des Moines Register

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is leaving the possibility that the Senate Judiciary Committee may not vote Friday on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Grassley, an Iowa Republican who chairs the judiciary panel, was asked Wednesday during a weekly teleconference call with Iowa reporters whether he was considering pulling the plug on Kavanaugh's nomination in the wake of continued accusations of sexual assault.

"Well you are asking me to speculate. But here is where we are: You take this one step at a time," Grassley said. He promised to provide Christine Blasey Ford, an accuser of Kavanaugh, as well as the nominee, a "fair and respectful venue" at a committee meeting on Thursday. He added he will make no decisions until the meeting is concluded.

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"It could take place Friday, or it could not. That kind of depends upon what happens tommorrow," Grassley said.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/26/kavanaugh-supreme-court-confirmation-christine-ford-donald-trump-accusations-grassley-judiciary-vote/1432373002/

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"They" all knew about Kavanaugh's background but still tried to and
are still trying to push him through to get on the SCOTUS.

[Iliyah]

1. Fuck Grassley, I do not trust these motherfuckers.

[Botany]

5. I think the blowback from Ms. Swetnick's declaration will build until Kavanaugh quits.

Grassley, Hatch, Trump, and so on don't care what Kavanaugh did but the
heat from Ms. Swetnick's declaration is gonna be white hot.

[njhoneybadger]

2. First sign of a balk

[blueinredohio]

3. I'm sure it also depends on if they think they have the votes to confirm.

[quakerboy]

9. I think it depends far more

on whether they think confirming him now, or later, is the better PR move.

IE.. will this get worse if they wait, or can they use the time to obfuscate, lie, use fake news to discredit, etc.

[appalachiablue]

4. The back up candidate, a woman is even more far right

than Kav per several journalists. We''ll see soon. An awful mess this is..

This stuff is making the US look like a BANANA REPUBLIC with Kangaroo Courts, more and more!!! Enough.

[ProfessorPlum]

11. She may not be as blackmail-able or compromised as K though

[appalachiablue]

12. Correct, they're making sure of that after this disaster.

[ProfessorPlum]

17. No, I mean having K. so compromised and blackmailable made him easy to control and extort

that's why they picked him.

[Retrograde]

6. Interesting - says to me that

a number of Repugs don't really want him, but don't want to openly go against McConnell or the Kochs or whoever funds them. So they'll sorta kinda let the Democrats drag this on, then claim that it's all their fault when so much dirt comes to light. Then they'll have their excuse for not confirming him.

[RVN VET71]

7. My 2 cents -- and I hope I'm wrong

Grassley knows he's got the votes and the nomination will go forward regardless of what transpires Thursday.

Ms. Swetnick will not get a chance to speak before the committee, nor will any other woman Kavanaugh has molested.

Kavanaugh is too important a Republican apparatchik for the Trump Party to keep off of SCOTUS.

And once he's on the Court, nobody will ever investigate his sexual offenses.

I hope I'm wrong.

[honest.abe]

13. I think you are wrong. No hoping needed.

[FarPoint]

14. I believe Michael Avenantti will push for criminal charges....

Then, he will be off the Bench!

[Initech]

8. Hey let the next Congress decide the Kavanaugh vote, I'm for that!

[riversedge]

10. Grassley said the same yesterday in his tweet--They may vote if they are ready.

[FakeNoose]

15. He's only saying that for one reason

He no longer has the votes to confirm BK.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. It probably won't be his decision. It'll be Turtle's

because Turtle is determined to ram him through no matter what - even if he has to discharge him from the committee for a full floor vote.

[trueblue2007]

18. About time old man !!!