The Aftermath
Truth Matters Kavanaugh
The vote has been taken. Senators confirmed Brett Kavanaugh by a vote of 50 to 48 (with one senator absent due to his daughter’s wedding, and a second senator abstaining to pair his vote). Spectators in the gallery screamed vindictive epithets like wounded animals and were escorted one by one from the balcony (as protesters on the Capitol steps were arrested for blocking the entrance and refusing to vacate). Additional protesters shouted “Shame! Shame!” from the steps of the Supreme Court building. The battle, they assure us, has just begun.
Republicans agree and point to the gutter nature of Democrat efforts to derail Kavanaugh’s nomination as uniting the Republican Party, energizing the base, and attracting Independents to the cause in the upcoming midterm elections. The RNC points to a 419-percent increase in recent funding and a 279-percent increase in the number of donors. Pundits also point to recent polling which indicates that since the attack on Kavanaugh became vicious, Democrat advantage on the generic ballot has dropped from a 12-point advantage to a statistical tie. The Harvard Harris poll reveals a full 40 percent of Democrats believe that if the FBI followup didn’t show corroboration of charges that Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed.
Unfortunately many in the general public do not yet know some of the late developments that prompted Republicans in the Senate to vote with confidence in favor of Judge Kavanaugh. Only Fox, among the four major networks and cable news outlets, spent much time reporting on the findings in the report the prosecutor who interviewed Ford in the hearings submitted to the Senate committee. Rachel Mitchell went through the testimony point by point and concluded that if this were a criminal matter there would be no charges. Due to holes in her testimony and false statements (in addition to a total lack of corroboration by her supposed witnesses), Ms. Ford lacked credibility.
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