Justice Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing *DISCUSSION AND LIVE COMMENTARY*

[Dwarven Dragon]

Nothing Special in Flake's statement.

[Sic Semper Fascistis]

Flake flaking out live on the Senate floor. Sad.

What did he say?

[Sestak]

btw what is Flake saying?

[Tintrlvr]

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1044998982999724032
Well...

Willing to bet Lindsay Graham and Orrin Hatch have as much to hide as Kavanaugh.

Well, Lindsay Graham has likely never had sex with a woman in his entire life.

[Banana Republican]

Flake flaking out live on the Senate floor. Sad.

What did he say?

Paraprhasing: "Oh the humanity! Kavanaugh and Ford are human beings! Human beings!"

[Banana Republican]

Flake ---> #bothsides

~ "I don't believe Ford is part of a vast conspiracy"

~ "I don't believe Kavanaugh is a serial sex criminal"

[Banana Republican]

Flake says that he will make an imperfect decision, forever steeped in doubt.

[Virginiá]

https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/1044994139954335745

I'm sure he'll make a strongly worded statement.

He might even view with alarm.

The concerns? Oh, they will be grave.

lmao @ all of this

[JG]

Flake says that he will make an imperfect decision, forever steeped in doubt.

Sounds like he'll be a yes.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1045000627389190145

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1045001522935996417

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Jeff Flake...Flaked, as per usual.

I hope he does the right thing.

[Virginiá]

I'm just wondering, but is Cory Gardner really going to vote for Kavanaugh? He represents what is effectively a blue state now (full of white college graduates and only getting bluer), and this vote is going to kill him in 2020. This isn't something mundane like documents, this is about sexual assault and evidently now, gang rape.

And for that matter, Tillis should really be thinking this over too.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Jeff Flake...Flaked, as per usual.

I hope he does the right thing.

Jeff Flake is a reverse eponym.

[JG]

I'm just wondering, but is Cory Gardner really going to vote for Kavanaugh? He represents what is effectively a blue state now (full of white college graduates and only getting bluer), and this vote is going to kill him in 2020. This isn't something mundane like documents, this is about sexual assault and evidently now, gang rape.

And for that matter, Tillis should really be thinking this over too.

Gardner only said he supports a senate investigation into Ford and Ramirez's claims.

[7,052,770]

I'm just wondering, but is Cory Gardner really going to vote for Kavanaugh? He represents what is effectively a blue state now (full of white college graduates and only getting bluer), and this vote is going to kill him in 2020. This isn't something mundane like documents, this is about sexual assault and evidently now, gang rape.

And for that matter, Tillis should really be thinking this over too.

For whatever reason, Republican politicians are way more scared of losing primaries than general elections, even though the latter happens much more often.

[adrac]

I really hope at least Collins and Murkowski do the right thing. This whole thing is making me sick.

[ProudModerate2]

Oh boy, it's gonna get worse:

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1044983644224393216

This’ll be fun. Even before the hearings tomorrow.

If the Orange Buffoon takes "personal charge" of K's SC destiny, then K is surely done.
Anything that moron touches becomes a complete disaster.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Theory: Kavanaugh is claiming to be a choir boy virgin in high school despite all the evidence to the contrary because that's what he told his wife he was like back then and doesn't want to admit to a decades old lie to her.

He never claimed to be a choir boy. He never claimed he didn't drink regularly. He never claimed he didn't act like an idiot. What he claimed is he was a virgin, he didn't assault anyone or participate in any assaults on anyone, and he never drank in such a way that he couldn't remember what happened after.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1045000627389190145

Does seem kind of weird to me at least that a woman would keep going to such parties.

[Hammy]

I really hope at least Collins and Murkowski do the right thing. This whole thing is making me sick.

Not sure where this hope comes from, since they certainly don't have a history of doing the right thing yet.

[Mr. Morden]

If Flake or any other Republican joins all the Dems on the Judiciary Committee to vote it down in committee, then is that the end of it?  Or can McConnell move it to a vote of the full Senate even if the committee votes it down?  (Whether he'd want to if it looks like he's going to lose is a separate question.)

[Joseph-Michael]

If Flake or any other Republican joins all the Dems on the Judiciary Committee to vote it down in committee, then is that the end of it?  Or can McConnell move it to a vote of the full Senate even if the committee votes it down?  (Whether he'd want to if it looks like he's going to lose is a separate question.)

The committee vote is a formality, it doesn't actually matter.

[adrac]

If Flake or any other Republican joins all the Dems on the Judiciary Committee to vote it down in committee, then is that the end of it?  Or can McConnell move it to a vote of the full Senate even if the committee votes it down?  (Whether he'd want to if it looks like he's going to lose is a separate question.)

My understanding is that McConnell can bring it to a floor vote even without the Judicial Committee's recommendation.

[Democrat 2028]

If Flake or any other Republican joins all the Dems on the Judiciary Committee to vote it down in committee, then is that the end of it?  Or can McConnell move it to a vote of the full Senate even if the committee votes it down?  (Whether he'd want to if it looks like he's going to lose is a separate question.)

My understanding is that McConnell can bring it to a floor vote even without the Judicial Committee's recommendation.

Which he undoubtedly will.