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Murkowski Sides With Flake on Delaying Kavanaugh Vote for FBI Investigation
Townhall.com ^ | September 28, 2018 | Lauretta Brown

Posted on 09/28/2018 12:00:58 PM PDT by Kaslin

Sen. Lisa Murkwoski (R-AK) told reporters Friday that she agrees with fellow moderate Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (AZ) in his call for an FBI investigation that would delay the Senate floor vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for up to one week.

Murkowski believes there should be an investigation that is “limited in time and scope.”

Murkowski to @ckmarie:
“do you support Senator Flake’s call for a delay and an FBI investigation?”
Murkowski: "yes I do. It has to be limited in time and scope.”— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 28, 2018

During the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to move Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate, Sen. Flake insisted that he did not think they should have a full vote on Kavanaugh until there has been a week-long FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh.

The committee did vote 11-10 to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

As a moderate Republican, Sen. Murkowski was a key vote in the confirmation process.

Kavanaugh's confirmation will be determined by her and other key moderate senators such as Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeff Flake.

Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford both gave emotional testimonies Thursday on allegations that he groped her and pinned her down while he was drunk at a party in high school. 

Kavanaugh fully denies her allegations and the witnesses she initially claimed were present have denied that such an event occurred.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Alaska; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; flakeyflake; jeffflake; kavanaugh; obstructionistdems
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To: Trump20162020

We have no patience and have been on a Roller Coast of emotion. But need to stay positive.


161 posted on 09/28/2018 12:58:13 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: cableguymn
A week delay is 5+ bimbos

Correction: A week delay is 5+ bimbos paid liars with uncorroborated allegations.

162 posted on 09/28/2018 12:59:42 PM PDT by 50mm
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To: jyo19

I hope you are right, but it ain’t over till its over and the Senate voted. This has been the must sickening process I have ever seen and only when the Dems are defeated over and over will it end.

I never left America, it left me and I hope thru elections and working campaigns as it is ballots not bullets at this point, America comes back to me.


163 posted on 09/28/2018 1:01:25 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: FreeReign
They wouldn't bother changing the rules. The Senate does not have to rely on any committee to conduct its business. McConnell could have scheduled a vote on the matter without having any input from the Judiciary Committee at all.

This works better politically for the GOP, though.

164 posted on 09/28/2018 1:02:31 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: Alberta's Child

It is an excruciating time and hard to remain positive. It is also exhausting.


166 posted on 09/28/2018 1:05:51 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: snarkytart
INVESTIGATE WHAT FORD’S ALLEGATION? NOPE. THIS THING WILL BE LIKE MUELLER’S PROBE AND GO ON AND ON WITH “WELL WE NOW NEED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS OTHER WOMAN”

Exactly! And let's not forget that this latest one regarding a string of gang-rape "parties" of drugged, minor girls would be major felonies, no statute of limitations, charges against multiple people - including the accuser who admitted she went to TEN of them.

These dirty tricks are but a taste of the filthy plans these slimeballs are making.

167 posted on 09/28/2018 1:07:15 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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To: Trump20162020

I agree. I think the perfect response yesterday by Kavanaugh to the call for an investigation would have been-“OK, I’ll make a deal. I’ll ask for an investigation if all of you promise to apologize to me and my family on National TV when it comes back the way we say it’s coming back. Deal? And to YOU, Senator Booker, I want you to look the American people in the eye and apologize to me for calling me evil. Do we have a deal?” The only way to beat these guys is to call their bluff. You have to know, and that they don’t really want an investigation. They want a talking point. I would have called their bluff. A week is nothing. Show America who they are.


168 posted on 09/28/2018 1:07:18 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Kaslin

Where is Joe Miller when you need him?


169 posted on 09/28/2018 1:07:41 PM PDT by MyKidsDad73 (My apologies for any irreverent humor that you may find offensive. : ))
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To: mewzilla

I think that is right about the quorum requirements. Some Demons had already left the room.


170 posted on 09/28/2018 1:08:14 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob

No patience? Wrong, this circus has been going on for weeks now, and it’s time to fold up tent.


171 posted on 09/28/2018 1:11:46 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: jyo19
Mitch has already said no delay. It’s over

A hill to die on.

172 posted on 09/28/2018 1:11:57 PM PDT by Dustoff45 ( The secret to political success - Love God, Israel and the unborn child.)
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To: snarkytart
There's an "unintended consequence" to little Flakey's flake-out, and he & Murkowski aren't bright enough to realize it.

The crazies that confronted Flake in the elevator, and the other Lefty crazies that thought that act was heroic, now believe that "direct action" gets results.

Flake just put a bunch of US Senators in danger...

 face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy

173 posted on 09/28/2018 1:13:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Kaslin

Can’t wait to hear Judge Jeanine’s monologue tomorrow night.


174 posted on 09/28/2018 1:18:34 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Alberta's Child
I’ve been saying for almost two that dragging this thing out into mid-October and beyond actually works in the GOP’s favor.

What about the Supreme Court's new session starting this coming Monday (10/1)? Will Kennedy remain until his replacement is confirmed or will the court be short handed?

175 posted on 09/28/2018 1:21:51 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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To: boatbums
No offense, but would you please do some simple fact-checking on this?

Kennedy is retired.

His seat remains vacant until his replacement is confirmed.

Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2017 and was hearing cases less than TWO WEEKS later.

176 posted on 09/28/2018 1:23:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: Kaslin

So they both ignored the facts, facts that could not be disputed, and made a political move.

They are both low in intellectual prowess and high in the culture of lying.


177 posted on 09/28/2018 1:25:04 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: arrogantsob

I’m starting to feel like us conservatives and Trump supporters are in a prison with a psycho gang that’s always threatening violence and always screaming at you that “we’re gonna get ya!!! We’re GONNA GET YA!!!”

And the threat goes on and on and on 24/7, and we can never get away from it or them.

It is indeed exhausting.


178 posted on 09/28/2018 1:27:34 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Timmy

Since there is a delay, the FBI needs to investigate Ford too.


179 posted on 09/28/2018 1:28:24 PM PDT by make no mistake
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To: ETCS; gov_bean_ counter
The FBI will politely decline again.

I won't count on that. The dems know what they are doing here. They know FBI Director Wray is a hardcore Anti-Trump swamp creature. If the investigation is a condition of confirmation, as it appears to be at this moment, Trump will direct Wray to investigate. Once the investigation begins, it will take on a life of its own.

But how will they explain the initial rejection of the FBI to investigate this charge to DiFi? Has anything changed other than NOBODY can corroborate Ford's testimony or the fact that these new allegations are just as evidence free?

180 posted on 09/28/2018 1:34:41 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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