Posted on 09/04/2018 5:13:00 PM PDT by markomalley
In his opening statement at Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called out the Democrats for their clownish obstruction tactics, accusing them of trying to “reverse” the 2016 presidential election by sinking President Trump’s nominee.
“I’m sorry that your daughters had to endure the political circus of this morning,” Cruz told Kavanaugh as he began. Earlier, Senate Democrats refused to let the hearing proceedings begin, interrupting Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, numerous times and motioning to adjourn. Nearly two dozen Women’s March protesters were arrested for disrupting the hearing.
Cruz accused the Democrats in the room of lacking substance to attack Kavanaugh’s qualifications for the Supreme Court or his judicial record.
“We’re seeing a lot of table-pounding this morning. The Democrats are focused on procedural issues because they don’t have substantive points strong enough to derail this nomination,” Cruz said. “So they’re trying to divert everyone with procedural issues.
Cruz said that the Democrats’ complaints over Kavanaugh documents being kept from the Senate by executive privilege don’t pass “serious scrutiny.” He explained that the documents from Kavanaugh’s time as a staff secretary to the White House counsel office in the George W. Bush administration are not authored by Kavanaugh, are unrelated to his judicial views, and are irrelevant to his confirmation.
“The multiple motions we’ve seen from Democrats … that reveals the whole joke. Their objective is delay,” Cruz continued.
“I believe this fight is nothing more and nothing less than an attempt by our Democratic colleagues to relitigate the 2016 election.”
“I’ve said a number of times that Justice Gorsuch’s nomination and Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination have almost a super-legitimacy in that they were ratified, they were decided, by the American people in a direct vote in 2016. And so the Democratic obstruction today is all about trying to reverse that election.”
Ted Cruz could go through a full frontal lobotomy and still have the highest IQ in congress.
Ted exposed the Rats and made them look like fools.
Hopefully this will solidify his lead over Beta-boy.
Ted is no longer “Ly’n Ted. He is a great American hero. That was political hyperbole. BTW , he will beto that Beto , the burglar” by 15% in Texas EASY!! That guy is a no substance joke.
The Commie left will NEVER get over the fact that they got their asses handed to them in 2016..they want a do over, and when they lose again, another do over
So much for civility on the part of the Democrats.
At least non MSM outlets are showing the antics of the Democrat senators and their lemmings.
And finally, the Republicans are not backing down. Perhaps for the first time since the 1930 election, the Republicans will stop playing nice.
Hopefully? Please! I don’t believe for a second that Texas will pick “guitar guy with a fake Mexican name” over Ted.
This is, after all, Texas that we’re talking about. It’s been the Rats fantasy for ages to flip Texas. And every time they get their hopes up based on bad polls, the voters make them look like idiots.
I agree. Cruz smart. Why oh why did he have to be a globalist?
The facts are that there’s just not enough Democrats in Texas for them to win. And Texas Republicans will not vote for a liberal. We could run a sack of wet potatoes on the Republican ticket and still win.
I’d bet on Sasse on any contest involving spontaneous elegance or effective speaking. Cruz could not even come close.
Show me how he votes like a globalist.
Thank you for the direct video link.
Why was his wife CFR?
“Ted is no longer “Ly’n Ted. “
Ted may be a snake in the grass but he’s OUR snake in the grass.
Over the past several months he has demonstrated that he is a consistent and reliable supporter of the Trump agenda. His sleazy campaign maneuvering in the Republican primary was despicable. However, I cannot really fault his actions in the Senate since that time.
Better Cruz time 5 than McCain, Flake, or Collins
Fact is that, no matter how much they’re shamed, and no matter how much they’re proven wrong, and no matter how insane they appear to be, their goal is to not let the Trump presidency happen, and they’ll do whatever it takes to undo or not let happen anything that Trump wants done.
Trump represents their worst nightmare come true. Whatever it takes, they’re are not going to even hint that Kavanaugh is qualified to seat on the SCOTUS.
Beto the Burglar
Sounds like a good meme to me
He did help ram thru that awful Soros - Goldman Sachs- Globalist written TPP .
Thank god Trump killed it.
He and Ryan wrote lie filled WSJ column on it.
He has made mistakes .
He will get his ass handed to him by CRUZ so bad!! It will be bloody!!
You are correct about that.
Its a big flaw.
What about Governor Davis!!!
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