Posted on 09/28/2018 7:19:29 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) ripped into Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday for lying about his military service and then questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's credibility.
"@SenBlumenthal lied for years about serving in Vietnam, which is all you need to know about his courage & honesty," Cotton, who is not on the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted during the questioning. "Maybe he should reconsider before questioning Judge Kavanaugh’s credibility."
Blumenthal has said he served in Vietnam, when he in fact sought at least five military deferments and eventually landed a spot in the Marine Reserve, where he was essentially guaranteed not to serve in the conflict itself, The New York Times reports.
Blumenthal went after Kavanaugh's credibility in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Thursday of Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assault her in 1982.
The senator asked Kavanaugh if he was familiar with "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus" which is a legal principle that dictates jurors can rule a witness to be false in everything if he says one thing that is not true.
"The core of why we're here is really, credibility," Blumenthal said Thursday, before drilling into a variety of things Kavanaugh said throughout the hearing Thursday, pressing him on the veracity of the statements.
A spokesperson for Blumenthal when asked to comment said Cotton's tweet was "not worth dignifying with a response."
"Wow - from a colleague," former Senate aide and Democratic strategist Jim Manley shot back in response to Cotton. "The senate is imploding."
Kavanaugh's confirmation vote is scheduled to be held Friday, though Senate Republicans are meeting Thursday night to determine the next steps on his nomination.
The nominee has unequivocally denied Ford's allegations and provided his calendars from the summer of 1982, which show no trace of the party at which she says he attacked her.
The three other people she has said attended the party have said they have not been to an event resembling the one she described.
When the Dems walked out of the committee, the average IQ in the room went up about 50 percent.
The gloves are coming off
Good. Shine the light on all those hypocrites.
Finally getting rid of the phone “friend across the aisle” nonsense. Progressive leftists have shown America their true perversions
btt
GOOD for SEN. COTTON!!!! Senator Cadaver is a MEAN, UGLY LYING CREEP who is most likely an ANTI CHRISTIAN!!!
Not worthy dignifying with a response. F U, scum. You have no response because there’s no way to answer the question. He lectured the good judge for something that would immediately disqualify him for any office, from dog catcher on up.
Phone=Phony
NO DECENT PERSON SHOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS LYING DEMOCRATS!! SHUN THEM!!!
The Dems are trying another assault on TV right now ,BLAH BLAH BLAH ,can’t hear it it’s muted itself
Hold the vote without them, what’s the hold up...
Add that racist abuser Booker to the list.
We’re getting close to a Sumner-Brooks caning moment...
Pushback! Press on!
Wow! In your face, Blumenthal! He’s a snake.
I want to see their yearbooks.
I doubt many of them have the moral authority to question Judge Kavannah. I especially want to know who used our tax dollars to pay off sexual harassment claims.
I know Dick Blumenthal.
He is pure evil. Satan himself. There is no low this creature will go to, no bad he wouldn’t commit.
I’ve met him and I seriously believe he has executed people.
Translation: Cotton hit the target and the truth in his statement can't be denied.
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