Posted on 10/06/2018 12:06:37 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Sen. Steve Daines will walk his daughter down the aisle in Montana on Saturday—but if needed, he will rush back to Washington on a fellow lawmaker's plane to vote for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.
Daines said Friday that his longtime family friend and colleague, Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., swooped in to “save the day” by offering his plane. Daines has said he will vote for Kavanaugh, but Saturday's planned floor vote conflicts with his daughter's wedding.
“My good friend and colleague, Greg, has come to save the day. If I need to be in two places at once to walk my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day and to be the final vote to put Judge Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, he’s offered me use of his plane,” Daines said in a statement to Fox News Friday. “I appreciate his generosity as well as his dedication to family and country.”
Daines’ daughter, Annie, is getting married in Montana on Saturday. A spokesperson from Daines’ office told Fox News that Gianforte and his family will also attend the wedding.
"If Greg’s good friend, Steve Daines, can participate in his daughter’s wedding and ensure Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, Greg is happy to help for the sake of family and country," a spokesman for Gianforte told Fox News Friday afternoon.
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Hope that plane includes a well armed multiperson escort.
The plane probably won’t be needed. Murkowski is going to vote present instead of no, so he doesn’t have to fly back.
What if she double-crosses him and votes no?
Is this a bad Brando movie or whut?
...and you trust Murkowski?
Its not an impossibility, but she would get shredded even by the uniparty republican leadership for that one.
The Thug Democrat Senators caused the delays leading up to this conflict.
Sorry but my empathy has run out over this. He needs to vote first and then fly home if he wishes. (And weddings can be rescheduled a few hours or a day if necessary. It won’t be the first time and it won’t be the last)
Imho, there’s something very suspicious about this
I hope they bring lots of security to the wedding because these mob protestors have no ethics and will do anything to hurt someone that disagress with them
The poor bride I’m sure she has been on pins and needles for the last few weeks over this whole mess. I hope this nightmare is really over tomorrow for everyone’s sake.Thanks DiFi.MAGA
They shouldn’t have advertised this. Since they did, they better have security around the clock for the plane and wedding until then. The communist revolutionary Democrats would have no qualms about killing him and his family.
“The plane probably won’t be needed. Murkowski is going to vote present instead of no, so he doesn’t have to fly back.”
Yeh, nevertheless Diane’s is being selfish and self centered by doing this. He has been aware of the upcoming vote for a couple of months and neither he nor his daughter has made adjustments to prepare for the eventuality. The upcoming Kavanaugh vote is bigger than his daughters wedding. As far as I’m concerned he has given the residents of Montana and the rest of the country for that matter a big ole finger....
AThe plane probably won’t be needed. Murkowski is going to vote present instead of no, so he doesn’t have to fly back.s
Do what you were elected for, cast your vote
The other Senator is also attending the wedding. So that’s two votes on the plane.
He’s not being selfish in the very least.
Gianforte is a Representative, not a Senator.
He'll use the plane. That's the plan. McConnell can hold the vote open until he arrives.
“He’s not being selfish in the very least.”
You’re missing the bigger point. He ran for office to represent the people of Montana. And, he is putting his daughters wedding over them. It could have been rescheduled. Or, worse case, he could have missed it. How many people serving their country, military, first responders, etc, have made tough choices in behalf of their country and missed weddings, children’s births, etc? Answer; lots. So, don’t tell me he’s not being selfish.
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