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Democrats Disproven…Again And Again And Again
Democrats Have Perpetuated 'False,' 'Unfair And Unfounded' Attacks 'Three Pinocchios' For Leahy 'Throwing Red Meat' On Bush-Era Surveillance Program "Considering the context, Kavanaugh's email in the days after 9/11 is a slim reed on which to hang an allegation of potentially misleading testimony under oath. Leahy asked whether Kavanaugh had seen or heard anything about a specific program, and Kavanaugh said no. No evidence has surfaced showing Kavanaugh knew at the time that a spying pro… Continue Reading
09.13.18
Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Baseball Fan?
Democrats Ask Judge Kavanaugh Absurd, Irrelevant Questions About Baseball Tickets And The Dating Game "For how many seasons have you purchased Washington Nationals season tickets?" (Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI], Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Questions for the Record, 9/10/2018) "How many tickets did you purchase each year?" (Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI], Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of… Continue Reading
09.13.18
Debunked Democrat Talking Points
Smear After Smear On Judge Kavanaugh Gets Beaten Back With The Facts 'False': Judge Kavanaugh Did Not Call Contraceptives 'Abortion-Inducing Drugs' "Did Brett Kavanaugh call birth control abortion-inducing drugs? No … We rate this statement False." (Did Brett Kavanaugh Call Birth Control Abortion-Inducing Drugs? No," Politifact, 9/10/2018) WASHINGTON POST'S FACT CHECKER: "[Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)] earns Four Pinocchios -- and her fellow Democrats should drop this talking point." … Continue Reading
09.07.18
The Democrats’ Political Theater
A Look Back at Democrats' Conduct During Judge Kavanaugh's Confirmation Hearings "[F]rom liberal protesters caterwauling to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urging Kavanaugh to suspend his own hearing … one has to wonder: Was the chaos merely political theater? There's plenty of evidence that it was, starting with a call that Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, allegedly placed to Democratic members of the committee over the weekend, encouraging them to join together in a mutual (but… Continue Reading
09.06.18
WRONG
FACT: Judge Kavanaugh Did NOT Leak Information From the Starr Investigation MYTH: SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): "Now, let's look at where you fit in. A Republican political operative your whole career who's never tried a case. You made your political bones helping the salacious prosecution of President Clinton, and leaking prosecution information to the press." (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 9/04/2018) FACT: "An investigation into alleged leaks to the press from the offic… Continue Reading
09.06.18
‘Nothing Is Off The Table’
FLASHBACK: Senate Democrats Changed 'The Ground Rules' On Judicial Nominations; First EVER Partisan Filibuster Of A Supreme Court Justice Current Judiciary Committee members Sens. Leahy, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) participated in the first-ever attempt at a partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito. (PN1059, Roll Call Vote #1: Motion Passed 72-25: R 53-0; D 19-24; I 0-1, 1/30/2006, Leahy voted Nay) SEN. PAT LEAHY (D-VT): "The vote may be seen as sym… Continue Reading
09.06.18
Calling The Shots
Senate Democrats Take Marching Orders From Their Hard Left YESTERDAY: "Progressive groups are urging Democratic senators to take a new tack in their push to stop Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Go around the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and make all Kavanaugh records public..." ("Progressive Groups To Dems: Go Around Chuck Grassley And Release Kavanaugh Records," Huffington Post, 9/05/2018) "Demand Justice, MoveOn, and NARAL Pro-Choice America jointly called on Senate… Continue Reading
09.05.18
Dem ‘Dark Money’ Double Talk
Democrats Decry 'Dark Money' While Plotting 'Behind Closed Doors' With A Special Interest Group Whose 'Funding Is Arguably Even More Opaque' SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): "[W]ho pays millions of dollars for that? And what their expectations are is a deep, dark secret." (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 9/04/2018) Dems Gather 'Behind Closed Doors' And Rally With 'Dark Money' Group Demand Justice On The Supreme Court LEFT-WING 'DARK MONEY' GROUP DEMAND JUSTICE: "We're LIVE on … Continue Reading
09.05.18
‘A Neutral And Impartial Arbiter Who Favors No Litigant Or Policy’
Sen. Schumer Praised Judges Who Place 'Rule Of Law Above Everything Else,' 'Even When Doing So Results In Rulings That Go Against So-Called Sympathetic Litigants' JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH: "My judicial philosophy is straightforward. A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law." (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing 9/04/2018) JUDGE KAVANAUGH: "A good judge must be an umpire-a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy. As Justice Kennedy e… Continue Reading
09.05.18
‘Self-Described Flunky’
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): 'It Is A Fact That A Presidential Nominee With A Political Job On A Resume Is Far From Unprecedented' SEN. PAT LEAHY (D-VT): "Before sitting on the bench, you were a political operative involved in the most political and partisan controversies of our time." (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 9/04/2018) SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): "We do know that before you became a judge, you were faithfully advancing the Republican Party agenda. I jokingly said, in one of yo… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Harris Already A ‘NO’
Sen. Kamala Harris Announced Her Opposition To Any Possible Trump Supreme Court Nominee SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA), Judiciary Committee Member, June 27th: "The President's list of potential SCOTUS nominees are complete non-starters…. We cannot and will not accept them to serve on the highest court in the land." (Sen. Harris, @SenKamalaHarris, Twitter, 6/27/2018) HARRIS, July 9th: "Judge Brett Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to that promise of equality and so I will… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Booker Already A ‘NO’
Sen. Cory Booker Announced His Opposition To Judge Kavanaugh On July 9th - The Day He Was Nominated SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ), Judiciary Committee Member, July 9th: "The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is enormously concerning and I'm strongly opposed to it…. Judge Kavanaugh has an immensely troubling record … I will fight to stop this nomination every step of the way." (Sen. Booker, Press Release, 7/09/2018) BOOKER: "I'm here to call on folks to understand th… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Hirono Already A ‘NO’
Sen. Mazie Hirono Announced Her Opposition To Any Possible Trump Supreme Court Nominee SEN. MAZIE HIRONO (D-HI), Judiciary Committee Member, June 27th: "No, it doesn't matter who he is putting forward." (CNN's "The Situation Room," 6/27/2018) HIRONO: "I will be voting no on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States." (Sen. Hirono, Press Release, 8/22/2018) HIRONO: "I am canceling, I will be canceling, my appointment with Judge Kavanaugh …" (The Hill, … Continue Reading
09.04.18
Blumenthal Already A ‘NO’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal Announced His Opposition To Judge Kavanaugh On July 9th - The Day He Was Nominated SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT), Judiciary Committee Member, July 9th: "I will be a 'no' vote on this nominee…. In his record and writings, which I have reviewed, there is a very extreme hostility to many of the precious rights and liberties that make our nation great." ("Sens. Blumenthal, Murphy Say They Will Vote Against Trump's Supreme Court Pick Judge Brett Kavanaugh," Hartford … Continue Reading
09.04.18
‘No Involvement In Development’ Of Bush Detainee Policy
BRETT KAVANAUGH, 2006: "I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants or-and so I do not have the involvement with that." (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 5/09/2006) FORMER BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS: Brett Kavanaugh Was 'Not Read In' And 'Not Involved' ALBERTO GONZALES, Former White House Counsel: "To the best of my recollection Brett Kavanaugh was not involved with the legal issues surrounding the authorization of the… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Dems Admit They Have Seen Enough Of Judge Kavanaugh’s Record
Saying, 'We Know Brett Kavanaugh,' 'I Have Reviewed His Record,' Many Senate Democrats Have Already Declared Their Opposition To Judge Kavanaugh SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT), Judiciary Committee Member, July 9th: "I will be a 'no' vote on this nominee…. In his record and writings, which I have reviewed, there is a very extreme hostility to many of the precious rights and liberties that make our nation great." ("Sens. Blumenthal, Murphy Say They Will Vote Against Trump's Supreme Cour… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Dems Following Orders From Left-Wing Groups
FLASHBACK: Left-Wing Base Tells Dems, 'This Decorum And Civility - We Don't Have The Luxury For That'; TODAY: 'Democrats Plotted [A] Coordinated Protest Strategy' NBC'S KASIE HUNT: "Democrats plotted coordinated protest strategy over the holiday weekend and all agreed to disrupt and protest the hearing, sources tell me…. Dem leader @chuckschumer led a phone call and committee members are executing now" (NBC's Kasie Hunt, @kasie, Twitter, 9/04/2018) Sen. Cory Booker already sent o… Continue Reading
09.04.18
Minds Made Up
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats Rallied Against Judge Kavanaugh Before The Ink Was Dry On His Nomination SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): "I'm going to fight this nomination with everything I've got." (Sen. Schumer, Press Conference, 7/10/2018) July 10, 2018: "Every Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by top California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, promised to lead the fight against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday morning on the steps of the Supreme C… Continue Reading
08.23.18
NO, NO, NO
'[A]bout A Third Of The Entire Democratic Caucus Stood Up In The First Week After Judge Kavanaugh Was Announced To Declare They Had Seen Enough And Were Dead-Set Against Confirming Him' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "This week, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has continued meeting with members of this body. So far, I believe the only Senators who've met with this nominee and then had negative things to say about him were Democrats who'd already announced beforehand they would oppose h… Continue Reading
08.15.18
Dems Used To Say A Judge’s Record Was ‘The Best Way To Evaluate A Nominee’
SEN. LEAHY (D-VT) On Then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor: 'We Do Not Have To Imagine What Kind Of A Judge She Will Be Because We See What Kind Of A Judge She Has Been' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Already, the [Judiciary C]ommittee has received nearly 200,000 pages of material that relate to this nomination. By all accounts, this is already the most material ever submitted for any Supreme Court nomination…. But of course, the best indicator of how Brett Kavanaugh will approa… Continue Reading
