Posted on 07/09/2018 11:08:23 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Seconds after it was revealed that Donald Trump had selected Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court choice, MSNBC on Monday night immediately freaked out and deemed him an extreme“right-wing” “conservative.”
Liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes anchored the conversation just prior to Trump’s live announcement. He fretted: “This is a guy who cut his teeth on the Starr report. He has moved in conservative, right-wing legal circles for the entirety of his career.” A few seconds later, Hayes again warned that Kavanaugh “spent his life in conservative, right-wing legal circles.”
MSNBC brought on Jess McIntosh of the liberal ShareBlue organization. She yelled at the network’s audience: “Everybody who is in D.C. right now needs on get to NARAL Pro-Choice America's rally! Go to the Supreme Court! Stay there!”
[On breaking news that the nominee is Brett Kavanaugh.]
CHRIS HAYES: This is a guy who cut his teeth on the Starr report. He has moved in conservative, right-wing legal circles for the entirety of his career. He was largely seen as someone like Neil Gorsuch who would be in this position.
JESS MCINTOSH (ShareBlue Media Executive editor): Absolutely. And I think the least surprising thing about it is the point that Pete made earlier, which is we know about Kavanaugh is sympathetic to the idea that a commander-in-chief shouldn't be dealing with questions from investigators, shouldn't be indicted, shouldn't be subpoenaed, and we know that Donald Trump makes decisions about everything based on what that person can do for Donald Trump.
So as soon as that kind of legal thinking became paramount in Kavanaugh's resume, of course Donald Trump would pick him. It is the least surprising thing we could see. It is not about the pick. It’s about the vote. No matter who he put in, the fact a President under investigation for possibly colluding with a foreign adversary to take the White House is deciding to take our policy for the next generation, is absolutely insane. Everybody who in D.C. right now needs on get to NARAL Pro-Choice America's rally. Go to the Supreme Court! Stay there! The reason why we have Kennedy in the first place is because America got really, really mad about the possibility of Bork and they stopped it. And they got Anthony Kennedy instead. We can do this again but it’s going to be really, really hard.
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HAYES: My reaction, twofold. One, I'm not surprised. It seemed like this was the most Gorsuch like pick of the bunch. And by that, I mean someone who had punched all the tickets. All the elite credentials and who had spent his life in conservative, right-wing legal circles in which people can be sure they're not going to get a Soutor. There is an entire infrastructure built up on the right to create processes, to create associations, pipelines of cultivation, to make sure that they get conservative justices appointed by Republicans who end up ruling in ways that align with their policy preferences and their constitutional theories.
The nitwit is Susan Collins.....she is a pathetic woman.
Those protesters sure spent a ton of money on PRINTING SIGNS!! They must have had all FOUR names printed up!! HYSTERICAL MANLY GIRLS and GIRLIE MEN!
You really want to see a liberal freak out?
If they mention his age (54) just say, “Well, with advances in medical technology...”
Huh. Didn't see that coming, did we.
I CAN’T STAND that woman. When she opens her mouth and talks it’s like continuous fingernails on a chalkboard. (shudder)
Never watch MSNBC. Too bizarro. I think they are all on bath salts.
SMNBC would only be pleased of Trump would appoint Lenin...
And just as quick, we had our very own concern trolls jumping on the left’s, anti-whoever Trump picked, bus......camn’t tell me we don’t have any quick minds here - some are so quick they go nuclear because of half-understood rumors and complaints....while sneering at Dems as low-info types.....
All this started the moment Kennedy announced his retirement, only now they have an actual nominee for his replacement to focus on.
To paraphrase Jeff Dunham’s “Walter”...”all they can do now is run to the end of their chain and bark.”.
Should we be jumping for joy over Kavanaugh? There are questions. The night was filled with accolades for Kennedy, the so called swing vote who was no friend of the right.One must wonder if Kennedy picked his own successor. Be careful watch you wish for with Kavanaugh. He said an illegal immigrant minor has the right to an abortion. He was pro Obamacare. This guy will be weak on abortion, immigration and affirmative action. He did say that a POTUS can not be indicted.
“These faggy theatrics are for that nitwit Senator Olympia Snowe. They are trying to get her to defect”
You mean Susan Collins.
I watched Trump last night on CNN. I wanted a different opinion from Hannity and Ingraham. So I watched Chris Cuomo.
The left are truly mentally deranged.
Got it. They plan to repeat these two words endlessly: conservative, right-wing. That’s all they have on him. That will be enough to inspire hysterical, insane democrats to INVENT lies about him, and to repeat those lies as if they were true.
Trump has not strayed from his original remarks when he announced he was running for President.
This fake outrage is comical.
If he had picked a leftwing activist, they would have said the same thing.
Stand by for depth charges. McCain tweeted his approval.
thanks they were birds of a feather
Before Kennedy retired, the court was 4/2/3 (L-to-R). So, either it remains 4/2/3, if he is a centrist... or it becomes 4/1/4... perfectly balanced.
Got that? Either no change at all, or at "worst", both sides have exactly equal input... and the Left is losing their collective hive-mind over those two outcomes.
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