Posted on 09/21/2018 12:31:54 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Senate Republicans on Friday extended a counteroffer to Christine Blasey Ford to testify on Capitol Hill next Wednesday, amid negotiations over whether Ford will elaborate on her allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in public.
It was not immediately clear whether Ford would accept the offer. Fox News was told that the Republican senators want an answer by the end of the day.
We need to hear from her, said one senior source familiar with the process. Monday is the preferred date. But we are open to other things.
A senior Republican source told Fox News we cant postpone forever.
Ford has accused Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her while both were in high school. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley had invited Ford to testify on Monday and gave Ford until 10 a.m. Friday to respond. That deadline passed Friday without a deal after Fords attorneys made clear this week Ford didnt want to testify Monday but suggested she would another day.
Ford attorney Debra Katz told the Judiciary Committee on Thursday that Ford is willing to appear for a hearing on Capitol Hill as long as senators provide "terms that are fair and which ensure her safety."
Among the terms requested by Fords legal team: Only members of the committee -- no lawyers -- can question her; Kavanaugh cannot be in the room at the time; and Kavanaugh should be questioned first, before he has the opportunity to hear Ford's testimony.
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Does someone have a graphic of a trembling house cat along side a hungry rat the same size that we can label Republican pussies and Demoncrat rats? That is what our Senate is.
It’s not over till Trump sings.
What changed ?
Just keep backing down until you give them everything they want, right?
So sick of the feckless republicans.
A senior Republican source told Fox News we cant postpone forever.
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Yes they can. They are Republicans.
I hope this is the final offer, it’s time to vote!
These people are idiots.
If they were working in the private sector, they would have been walked out of the building decades ago.
How stupid do you need to be to be a Senator?
The GOP is the biggest group of fools in HISTORY
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The moniker “The Stupid Party” is reinforced virtually everyday. The Gutless Old Party.
“Wednesday is definitely the last date. Well, we won’t trifle over little things ... Friday. Definitely Friday. Maybe next Thursday at the latest, but not a minute longer than February.”
Dont forget them putting the Kavanaugh family through her jumping onto EVERY damned TV show over the next weekend AFTER she testifies!!!
The GOP beclowns itself.
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Again, and again, and again. Gutless fools who stand for nothing.
Damn it.
Sorry, pardon my french.
This whole thig is what “professional politicians” do so well...Obfuscate, delay, change schedules, find myriad excuses...Makes no difference which party...They are all together with kind of Bull Sh!t....it is nothing we haven’t seen before...
They act all so serious and *harumph* important ....They are ALL full of it...
I am so damn tired of Washington DC political dwellers!!!!!
The folding begins.
the GOP is going to lose votes in the November elections because they ARE jellyfish
So are the ancillary terms off the table?
I thought Kavanaugh is coming in Monday.
“Laura Ingrahm said Flake was the hold up on her radio show.”
...and if it wasn’t Flake, it would be corker, murkowsky or collins.
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