Trump nominated Kavanaugh because Justice Kennedy told him he would not step down unless he nominated his old law clerk Kavanaugh. So it was nominate Kavanaugh or have Kennedy retire when a Democrat was in office. I don’t think Kavanaugh is particularly good but he’s a damn site better than anybody the Democrats would have nominated. Trump had no choice here.
So nominate a guy who covered up a murder?
At some point, we have to say no to these kinds of politics.