Murkowski to vote no on Kavanaugh: 'Not the right man for the court at this time'

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Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska described President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as "not the right man for the court at this time" and strongly signaled she will vote no in Kavanaugh's final confirmation vote on the US Senate floor.

After opposing a key procedural vote Friday morning on the nomination, Murkowski explained her vote to reporters, calling it "the most difficult evaluation" she has had to make.

"He's not the right man for the court at this time," the Alaska senator said. "So I have taken my vote here this morning. I'm going to go back to my office and write a floor statement that is more fulsome."

In a dramatic Friday morning vote, the Senate moved to end debate on the Kavanaugh nomination and advance to a final confirmation vote, which could take place as soon as Saturday.

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[emulatorloo]

1. Good on her n/t

[Fred Sanders]

8. 101%... flood her email with thanks....and to counter the Trump Spaced Out Force threats.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. A Republican with a conscience?

Who knew!

[Fred Sanders]

3. Bump to the top of Greatest Page of History for this hero!

Hold your fire for not being perfect. Lots of time for that after...2 days enough for the firing squad to wait??

[Power 2 the People]

4. She is giving Susan Collins cover. Why the hell doesn't Collins take this gift and vote NO!!

[cstanleytech]

7. They have not taken the final vote yet so she might.

If she does vote for him though she needs to be held accountable as does everyone else that vote for him come election time with ads like "Vote X if you support sex offenders."

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Even if this gets posted 12 times on DU,

it's still one vote.

[Iliyah]

6. Native Alaskans I'll give a shout out to.

She would not be in the senate if it wasn't for them. I wish they would back up Democrats tho.

Besides the sexual predator issue, the Native Alaskans are concerned about their rights and property and truly feel Kav would jeopardize that.

[George II]

9. Susan Collins is going to tell people in about an hour or two how she'll vote. BUT....

....if she votes yes her Senate career will be all but over. People in Maine (my two best friends live up there) are just about fed up with her feigned reluctance on votes like this and then winds up voting with republicans.

[bdamomma]

14. If she does

vote yes, that will definitely be the end of her career.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Good, but I hope it does not signal that McCONnell has a guaranteed Yes from a Democrat. . . . nt

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Or any time, ever. nt

[woundedkarma]

12. Give me a break...

Who's taking the most pressure? Who's taking the most heat? Murkowski. Flake is a yes. What's left? was it collins?

She'll do the no vote and then the others can all vote yes and she'll get points for voting yes while they still confirm the serial rapist.

Her vote is meaningless unless someone else comes out no. And that stupid dem who hasn't said yet says no. If he votes yes. Next time he comes up for election we poor everything we have to a democratic challenger and take his seat from him. Might as well have a republican in the senate if when it comes to the most important vote of the senators' lives he votes the other way.

Until I see another no vote, this is what I expect happened. (assuming the dem votes no)

[Jersey in OKC]

13. I get that, but...

I'm in OKC. Sen. Lankford is mine, and I KNOW he's voting yes for Kav. I don't like having to wait to vote him out, but that who take a long time. Letters and emails have been unanswered. I'm blue in a red sea. 😕

[appalachiablue]

15. Thank you Sen. Murkowski!

[maryellen99]

16. Check out her FB page. She's getting rape and death threats from deplorables nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. She should have left that last clause out of what was quoted in OP.

He is not the right man for anything, any time, anywhere.

[hughee99]

18. Not the right man at this time?

If she believes Ford, then when is the "right time" for such a person. If she doesn't believe Ford, and it's based on his record, why didn't she figure this out weeks ago?

[Hassler]

19. Collins is a yes

[Honeycombe8]

24. Of course. Otherwise, she would have indicated with a wink that she was leaning to a "no." nt

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Her gov, lt gov and electoral base

all told her to vote no. I guess she listened to her other elected state leaders and her constituents and voted accordingly.

[laserhaas]

22. Thanks to all who swayed this GOP

Including a hi-partisan group of more than 100 female lawyers from Alaska

[Honeycombe8]

23. Did she come to her decision after she was sure McConnell/Trump had the votes?

There's a difference in voting the vote that prevents a confirmation, and voting a vote that doesn't matter to the end result.

Enquiring minds want to know.

[Orsino]

25. So it's her turn to pretend to be principled. n/t

[dansolo]

26. Translation - I'm concerned about my re-election chances

'At this time' is the important phrase. Kavenaugh should never be on the Supreme Court, and Murkowski knows this. She was allowed to vote no by McConnell. If her vote was needed to confirm, she would have voted Yes. I wish people would stop giving her credit for this.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

27. On TV, it was stated she's changing from "no" to "present" ...

... so Sen Daines can attend his daughter's wedding and not have to fly to DC to submit his "yes" vote.

A strange senatorial courtesy. It works numerically, but in a few years, nobody will remember why she didn't vote "no".

The only link I found was FauxNews, so I won't post the link.