Following President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, many Democratic senators chimed in to announce they would oppose the vote — including Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.).
Smith announced her opposition to Kavanaugh because he was “hand-picked by extremist conservative groups” and called for a “new Congress” before the Senate votes:
Here’s what we know: Brett Kavanaugh was hand-picked by extremist conservative groups. That's not consensus. We should NOT be voting until we have a new Congress and let me be clear: I will oppose this nominee.
— Tina Smith (@TinaSmithMN) July 10, 2018
Smith is an unelected official who was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to replace disgraced Sen. Al Franken during the last year of Dayton’s term — after he announced he would not run for re-election. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Who Trump picked mattered so little to the Left that they literally started without him. Long before Trump strode into the White House East Room on Monday night to name Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee, the Women’s March put out this release: “In response to Donald Trump’s nomination of XX to the Supreme Court of the United States, the Women’s March released the following statement … ” That’s right: They just put a couple of Xs in there as placeholders.
At noon on Monday — nine hours before Trump’s announcement — Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) put out a statement announcing he would oppose the nomination. No, Casey would not carefully weigh the selection, as voters had elected him to do. He wouldn’t hear Kavanaugh out, ask probing questions, then make a considered judgment. Quoting Lincoln, Casey said he “was not elected to genuflect to the hard Right, who are funded by corporate America.” Ah, corporate America, that evil entity that employs 90% of Americans. What scum.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, charged with helping the party win back the Senate, joined the fray. “Kavanaugh is a far-right conservative who is known to be hostile to women’s rights and prioritizes corporations over people,” the group said in an email.
And the DSCC wanted one thing: Money. “Chip in $1 to help elect Senate Democrats,” said the email.
Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, wanted a bit more.
“Chip in $3 to help Democrats regain a majority in the Senate this November. The only way it will be possible is if we work together — starting right now,” he wrote. “You better believe that with Brett Kavanaugh on the bench, Roe v. Wade, affordable health care, labor unions, and civil rights will all be on the chopping block,” he said. – READ MORE
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