McConnell Issues Supreme Court Ultimatum
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Democrats, according to a new report from Politico:
The Senate majority leader privately told senior Republicans on Wednesday
that if Democrats keep pushing for access to upwards of a million pages in
records from President Donald Trump’s high court pick, he’s prepared to let
Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote slip until just before November’s midterm
elections, according to multiple sources.
Delaying the vote past September would serve a dual purpose for McConnell,
keeping vulnerable red-state Democrats off the campaign trail while potentially
forcing anti-Kavanaugh liberals to swallow a demoralizing defeat just ahead
of the midterms. Senators said McConnell believes the Democratic base will
be “deflated” if they raise hopes of defeating Kavanaugh only to lose just
days before the election.
Democrats have no intention of backing down in their call for maximum
transparency about Kavanaugh’s record, but the GOP is betting that they’ll
start to sweat the Supreme Court timeline as the summer wears on.
Do you think the Senate will confirm Kavanuagh?
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