Colorado's Cory Gardner reviewing FBI report on Kavanaugh after listening to sexual assault survivor

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Source: Denver Post

The senator wants to finish reading the FBI report before making a decision, spokesman Casey Contres said.

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, hasn’t decided how he’ll vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee who has faced sexual assault allegations, Gardner’s office said late Thursday.

The senator wants to finish reading the FBI report before making a decision, spokesman Casey Contres said. Gardner said he’d vote yes on Kavanaugh’s confirmation after meeting with the judge in July. However, that was before several women accused him of sexual misconduct.

The only physical copies of the FBI’s 46-page report on the allegations, completed Thursday, are being kept in a secure room inside the Capitol. Only senators and 10 committee staffers are allowed to read it.


Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/04/cory-gardner-fbi-report-brett-kavanaugh/

[George II]

1. He must be the designated "Susan Collins" today. He'll vote for him, they ALL do!

[Beartracks]

2. How could the FBI report contain anything negative? They weren't "allowed" to talk to anyone. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

5. 9 were spoken to. 1 was Deborah Ramirez who also alledged Kavanaugh sexual crimes.

Ramirez is completely new and corroborating of Ford, isn't she?

[Beartracks]

22. Sorry, I posted while out of the loop.

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[shanny]

3. waiting with bated breath.... not

that said, Gardner could be in deep doodoo when he votes yes

[Fred Sanders]

6. With Republicans or Democrats or Independents?...because NO may be better for his career in CO.

[shanny]

9. that is my point.

Westerners and Coloradans in general have an anti-government, libertarian streak (as opposed to an anti-abortion evangelical streak). The abortion thing would work (not in the headlines of late, but very much an issue) against him here imo: we don't like the gubmint effing with our choices even more than we don't like the "murder of babies" (C. Springs excepted). Also we effing hate spoiled entitled frat boys. Plenty of us behave badly but we don't tend to whine about it after.

Just my take.

[SkyDaddy7]

15. Colorado is home to...

Some of the largest nastiest Evangelical orgs in the nation.

[shanny]

20. "C. Springs excepted"

[Honeycombe8]

14. Cory Gardner votes with what Trump wants 90.9% of the time, per 538.com

Cory Gardner and Ted Cruz are identical with how often they vote along with Trump's agenda. 90.9%. More than John McCain did. More than Lindsey Graham or Susan Collins.

So he's a "yes."

[cstanleytech]

4. The Democrats need to run hard hitting ads against every Repugnant that votes for Kavanaugh targeted

mainly at women to get them to show up and vote as they are a huge block that can change the shape of this country if only enough of them would show up and vote.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I called him today too...worth a shot!

I heard he was iffy.

I went to "Zillow homes for sale in CO" to get an address and a zip code in case they asked (I like to cover my ass) and they have some very nice and expensive homes for sale there....I live in San Diego and thought our prices were high.

[rockfordfile]

12. Good keep calling

[idcdu]

21. Useless POS

Hes my useless Senator. I gave up on him. All correspondence with him are boilerplates.

He isnt interested. At all. Hes kabuking the shit out of it.

[Legends303]

8. He is a very vulnerable Senator in 2020

Colorado went to Clinton by 5 points in 2016 so I would expect he is afraid of the political cost in the future. Though I won't hold my breath he is voting for Kavanaugh. This is just his media attention moment.

[madamesilverspurs]

10. Back around 2011

after he was elected to the House, he came to town to open his local office. I was in the crowd, and as he shook my hand I asked him why he had co-sponsored Todd Akin's bill to redefine rape. He stared at me and said that should be a private conversation, to which I responded that his remarks on the legislation were not made in private. He yanked his hand away and told me to make an appointment. His local office manager ran interference with every attempt to make an appointment, and I tried at least once a month for nearly a year; no appointment ever happened, no phone call was ever returned, email brought a boiler plate response to some other question, snail mail was never acknowledged. So, yeah, it makes me a bit nuts that he gets to vote on a guy who'd be a marvelous case study for the redefine rape camp.




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[homegirl]

16. Next time

USPS --Registered Return Receipt write Personal and Confidential on the envelope.

Good Luck!

[SunSeeker]

17. Wow. Your account would make a great ad against Gardner.

Since Gardner won't listen to you, please please please write that to whoever his opponent is!

[ellie]

11. He is my senator

and I just tweeted at him to vote no. I will call his office tomorrow.

[Rorey]

13. There are ads running encouraging him to vote No.

I'm not holding my breath.

[mountain grammy]

18. I call daily

Comment on FB and twitter. Spoke to a live person twice. I’m begging, demanding, and even crying. Got my husband to call to.

[torius]

19. Sounds like a psychological study on empathy

I bet Republican senators who meet with sexual assault survivors followed by reading the FBI report take 5 more seconds to vote to confirm than those who only read the FBI report.

[locks]

23. This would be hilarious

if it weren't so sad for my beautiful state. As if Cory Gardner would actually read anything before voting with Trump and the dinosaur Repugs.