The American Bar Association called on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday evening to halt the confirmation vote for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, saying it should not move forward until an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against him can be completed.
“The basic principles that underscore the Senate’s constitutional duty of advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI,” ABA President Robert Carlson wrote in a letter to Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking committee Democrat Dianne Feinstein (Calif).
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Last thing Kavanaugh wants is this. He’s an abusive sexual predator and a drunk. More will come out and he and the repukes know this. These pricks will vote his ass in anyway. My god, if we can’t at least take back the House after this….we’re truly, deeply permanently fucked.
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Indeed. Wish I was a fly on the wall at that private meeting last night between Susan Collins, Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski, and Joe Manchin.
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Any female senator voting this pig onto the Court is, or I’ll say SHOULD be, committing political suicide. Sadly, in our sick, twisted fucked up country, they’ll be heroes to some very bad people.
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