Flake indicates he'll back Kavanaugh in final vote

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




Momentum is growing for the Supreme Court nominee after the Arizona senator supports him and the Senate votes to advance his nomination.

By BURGESS EVERETT, ELANA SCHOR, ANDREW RESTUCCIA and JOHN BRESNAHAN 10/05/2018 08:24 AM EDT Updated 10/05/2018 12:21 PM EDT

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh advanced to a final confirmation vote, narrowly clearing a key procedural hurdle on Friday morning, 51-49.

The vote was mostly on party lines, though Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted "no" and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) voted "yes." Kavanaugh's confirmation is not assured: A handful of senators could conceivably vote differently on Saturday during an expected confirmation vote.

Most senators sat at their desk as the dramatic roll call unfolded, with major suspense over where Murkowski, Manchin and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) would land. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was the first swing vote to support Kavanaugh on the procedural roll call, quickly followed by Flake. Murkowski then inaudibly voted no, a jarring defection that left Republicans with no room for error.

After it was clear that Kavanaugh had the 50 needed vote to advance, Manchin became Kavanaugh's only Democratic supporter. Manchin, who left the chamber when the clerk called his name, came back into the chamber and voted in favor of Kavanaugh. His phone could be seen ringing and Manchin stared at it as the vote continued.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/05/kavanaugh-votes-confirmed-872713

[idcdu]

1. Karma will hit him hard.

It wont be fucking pretty.

[Fred Sanders]

6. BS title from source!....."indicates" because...Flake voted for cloture? Got anything else??

No indication of final vote at all, just like Manchin and Collins...and even Gardner.

[LS_Editor]

2. Coward and a traitor.

[AZ8theist]

3. along with 50 other REPUKE TRAITORS.

Hope y'all like the coming DICTATORSHIP.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Not the final vote was it? Why shoot our potential allies R or D before the final verdict???

Never will understand that of true Democrats. Tribalism is what got us into this mess in the first place.

[Perseus]

23. What happens is that he already announced he is going to vote "Yes"

that is one, the second is that Flake talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk. He gave his grand speech last year about trump, and I for one thought it was very good, but since then has done nothing but support the whims of the man-child. So what do you want people to expect from Flake if history proves he is just talk? That most probably his move to extend the confirmation and demand an "investigation" was nothing short of a Hollywood act?

At this point in time one could make up the story that Flake lent himself as an actor for a republican strategy, one previously discussed with other republicans (McConnell, Graham, etc., the usual suspects) to pretend to be outraged, and "demand" an "investigation", knowing full well that the WH and republicans would not allow for a thorough investigation and this was just part of the play to have the country think that republicans were trying to find the truth. See? one can think all of this because if Flake was honest about his actions he would not be pleased with the investigation, he has to know that it was a fraud, just an act, and if so he would demand a more thorough investigation, one where all witnesses, the accused, and the accuser are interrogated by the FBI, that all the dots are connected.

But no, Flake is, like someone here wrote, a FAKE!

I hope that he changes his mind before the final vote, but as I said, Flake's history is shallow, he is a follower, I can't say he lacks principles because he may have misguided principles, but he always falls in line with the party, no independent thought that I have seen in his brain.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Flake is a Fake

dumbest ever

[Bengus81]

5. And again... Al Franken was thrown UNDER the bus yet a POS like Kavanaugh will be a SC judge....

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Hey Gilly,where are ALL those Republicans ostracizing ANGRY DRUNK Brett??!?!?! Or did you REALLY think they would play fair when Franken was tossed to the curb?!?!?

Go check out a video on CNN by Trump at one of his NAZI rallies trash talking Franken on how FAST he folded. Happy??

Pffftttt...........

[BamaRefugee]

16. I share your feelings

[getagrip_already]

8. There was never any doubt on this.....

Flake may be retiring from the senate, but he still wants conservative dollars. He will get a cozy consulting job, or teaching position, or thin-tank spot, speaking engagements, tv commentator spots, etc,

If he votes no, all of that will be shut off to him. Trump may even have the fbi investigate him. Other gop operatives surely have dirt on him; they are all dirty. It wouldn't be hard to convince him to vote yes and shut the heck up.

Same with collins.

Murkowski got the one and only get out of vote free card.

[Fred Sanders]

11. Did I miss something? Is Kavanaugh confirmed??

[Bengus81]

14. Vote on Saturday around 5pm EST

Yeah...he'll be confirmed.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Who knows...is a lot better than the odds a week ago...so I remain optimistic.

[kimbutgar]

10. Flake is indicative of his name

He is probably going to run for governor of Arizona in the future I will contribute to his opponent.

[Javaman]

13. flake is a hollow souled human being.

after that fucking coward couldn't look that woman in the eyes in the elevator and mumbles an apology about "didn't know how it affects people".

he fucking knows now how it affects people and yet, AND YET, he still will vote for this fucking dudebro rapist.

what a fucking loathsome piece of dog shit.

[rickyhall]

15. He's quitting! What does he have to lose?

Same Collins. She'd get beat in '20 anyway.

Are they afraid of the brownshirts?

[Ace Rothstein]

18. Did anyone actually expect otherwise?

[bdamomma]

19. Flake is leaving

can't he do the right thing for the people and VOTE NO?

[BeckyDem]

20. Flake and his FAKE concern for humanity.

[quadtetra]

21. How does he justify it?

He claimed the the investigation needed to to be legit and not rigged. He said it couldn't be just for show.

But it clearly was rigged. I mean they didn't even interview Ford and Kavanaugh. To be even plausibly legit, you'd have to interview these two before interviewing anyone else!

What was the point of him delaying the vote a week ago then?

[BigDemVoter]

22. Fuck him bow legged. . . . I LOATHE him, because he KNOWS better.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Manchin got a pass from Dem leadership after Rs had at least 50 votes

Even if he'd voted NO, it would have been 50-50 and Pence would've voted AYE as the tie-breaking vote.

I don't like it, but it's understandable politically because if Dems are to retake the Senate they need Manchin to retain his seat. If Dems flip the Senate, they will have the power to do stop Trump from putting rw judges on the courts and to investigate Kavanaugh.

[Raven123]

25. Conscience of a Conservative in action

[alarimer]

26. Never has anyone been so aptly named.

His picture will be in the dictionary next to the word flake.

[Honeycombe8]

27. As I said he would. Once he voted "yes" on the "recommend a full vote to confirm," it was done. nt

[AZ Jim]

28. He lives up to his name

FLAKE!