Posted on 09/18/2018 7:21:47 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said the Democrats could keep Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court seat vacant for two years if need be should the nomination fail and should Democrats take the Senate in November.
Hirono said if a replacement for Kavanaugh needed to be found, President Trump should nominate a less conservative ideologue, or else be ready for Senate Democrats to keep the court seat vacant until after the 2020 presidential election if they win the chamber in November, according to an interview with Politico Magazine.
I think weve had those kinds of vacancies before, and we certainly had over a one-year vacancy with Merrick Garland, Hirono told Politico. So the world does not come to an end because we dont fill all of the nominees.
Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was roiled when California professor Christine Blasley Ford on Sunday publicly accused him of sexually assaulting her when the two were students at neighboring D.C.-area high schools in the 1980s. Kavanaugh has strongly denied the allegations.
The Hawaii senator said the new allegation had cast doubts about the nominee's testimony to the Senate two weeks ago.
During the hearing, Hirono asked Kavanaugh if he had ever sexually assaulted or harassed someone as a "legal adult." He responded that he had not.
It somewhat stretches credulity, lets put it that way, Hirono told Politico.. I think he didnt want to lie about it, so one way you get through that is saying, I dont remember.
Hirono also called the allegations against Kavanaugh serious, even if was 17 years old at the time of the alleged incident.
Seventeen is not exactly a baby, either," Hirono said. "These are serious allegations. She has a very credible story. I believe her. And now we have to do more than say, Well, look at the timing! and Well, its all politically motivated!"
"This has to be taken seriously," she said.
Kavanaugh and his accuser are set to testify publicly on Monday.
hirono exposes Dim playbook - usual overreach
She’s an idiot. A very old idiot....................
No, they won’t.
In two years, Trump is VERY likely to have two MORE USSC justices replacing the corpse Buzzi and Breyer.
Democrats offer nothing of substance. They are like 2 year olds
“Bi-partisanship”
Democrat style
Maybe Dems can be extinct in two years; well maybe not since there are too many idiots that keep voting for them including illegals and grannie who died a Republican and is now voting Democrat.
Senate Republicans and Never Trumpers seem quite happy with the prospect.
Aren’t we told by liberals that those under the age of 18 shouldn’t be tried as adults in murder cases due to their inability to distinguish between right and wrong?
Trump seems confident according to his release
Grassley needs to push this through now!
Asinine liberals remind me of a pack of chimpanzees simultaneously screeching alarm at perceived threats, real or imagined.
I have had ENOUGH of the ***damned senate.
“Senate Republicans and Never Trumpers seem quite happy with the prospect.”
Agreed.
There are very few in the government who give a rat’s behind about the American people, or care what we think.
During the hearing, Hirono asked Kavanaugh if he had ever sexually assaulted or harassed someone as a “legal adult.” He responded that he had not.
It somewhat stretches credulity, lets put it that way, Hirono told Politico.. I think he didnt want to lie about it, so one way you get through that is saying, I dont remember.
You got to laugh, “I don’t remember.” is Hillary’s pat
answer to everything.
Kav gave her a straight answer, “No.”.
I think weve had those kinds of vacancies before, and we certainly had over a one-year vacancy with Merrick Garland, Hirono told Politico. So the world does not come to an end because we dont fill all of the nominees.
But at the time when the court was down one after Scalia’s death, the liberal view was that we need a fully staffed Supreme Court, and that’s why they protested about Garland never getting a hearing. So now the liberal view is that we can leave Supreme Court seats vacant up to two years? But what about the need to have the court fully staffed???
Them and the UN...............
And the republicans will do NOTHING to stop them.
The problem with American politics is the republicans don’t keep their campaign promises and the democrats do.
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