The hearings to confirm future Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh began today, and it’s exactly the kind of pointless showboating you’d expect.
There’s essentially a 100% chance that Kavanaugh will be confirmed, so Democrats are merely trying to put as much bureaucracy in front of Republicans as possible to prolong it. Democrats already dumped an unprecedented number of documents on Congressional Republicans prior to the Kavanaugh hearings…. then proceeded to complain as Republicans continued to provide the documents they requested.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has received more than 480,000 pages of documents to review related to Kavanaugh, more than double the amount of each of the last two confirmed nominees:
•Kavanaugh: 480,000
•Gorsuch: 182,000
•Kagan: 173,000 https://t.co/lOwXzziE1O— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 4, 2018
Last night — hours before Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings were set to begin — Republicans dumped 42,000 pages of additional documents on the US Senate.
No one would be able to review those records before the hearings began. This is intentional. We cannot possibly move forward.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 4, 2018
Democrats immediately interrupted Sen. Chuck Grassley’s attempts to merely introduce Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearings, and within an hour of beginning, Kamala Harris was tweeting about why the hearings should be postponed because they’re not “transparent or fair,” as she called to have the hearing adjourned.
WATCH: Sens. Harris, Klobuchar and Blumenthal interject as Sen. Grassley attempts to begin SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing pic.twitter.com/fPowXWbMl3
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 4, 2018
I objected to moving forward with the Kavanaugh hearing because this process has not been transparent or fair. These hearings should be delayed now.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 4, 2018
And speaking of interruptions, left-wing protesters also interjected at numerous times. Among those arrested included Women’s March leader and Sharia Law enthusiast Linda Sarsour. In total, over 20 people were arrested within the first hour.
Several arrests in the hearing room including @lsarsour. The public stands firmly opposed to this sham hearing. #kavanaugh hearing must be suspended and stopped. pic.twitter.com/vid9y7wifu
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) September 4, 2018
One hour into Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, 22 people have been arrested for protesting the hearing, US Capitol Police say – @frankthorp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2018
Democrats interrupted more than protesters, leading to the White House keeping a running tally. Those 44 interruptions were from only the first 40 minutes of the hearings.
The White House is tallying interruptions during Kavanaugh’s hearing pic.twitter.com/ppiu0x5yyR
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 4, 2018
Protests also continued outside, with usual tactics, like blocking traffic for no reason – or dressing up as characters from their favorite Netflix series.
25 Kaiser protestors removed from intersection. Warned but not cited or arrested. pic.twitter.com/3HSXfpehnR
— Vic Lee (@vicleeabc7) September 3, 2018
Protesters wearing Handmaids Tale robes outside of the Supreme Court confirmation Heading for Brett Kavanaugh this morning pic.twitter.com/ZAKajK3Dy7
— Lauren Gambino (@laurenegambino) September 4, 2018
Ironically, Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy made a comment I initially interpreted as him criticizing his fellow Democrats. He said “I’ve been in the Senate for 19 Supreme Court nominations. What’s being done here is unprecedented … I’m just sorry to see the Senate Judiciary Committee. descend this way.”
However, judging his tweets on the supposedly incomplete vetting of Kavanaugh, that leads me to believe he was defending his fellow Democrats without any self-awareness of his fellow Democrats behavior.
"What are we trying to hide? Why are we rushing?" I've never seen such a partisan and incomplete vetting of a nominee in my 44 years as a senator. Here's today's @washingtonpost on Day 1 of the Kavanaugh hearings. https://t.co/5SoK0hRm1I
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) September 4, 2018
We’re hearing ‘We’ve received thousands of documents.’ Let’s look a little closer. What we got includes event invitations like this, duplicated MORE THAN 44,000 TIMES. The American people need to see #JudgeKavanaugh’s full record. #WhatAreTheyHiding? pic.twitter.com/qx0LB3MzFj
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) September 4, 2018
It even got so bad that Kavanaugh’s young children were removed from the hearing because it wasn’t a safe atmosphere, according to the Washington Examiner.
Are Democrats going to try to pretend with a straight face now that it’s Republicans obstructing these hearings?
The arguments that Kavanaugh hasn’t been properly vetted are nonsense. The most “damning” hit pieces published against Kavanaugh have criticized him for purchasing baseball tickets, having credit card debt that was immediately paid off, and having an interest in basketball while in college. If the man’s record truly were tainted, the media’ hit-pieces on him would do more to embarrass Kavanaugh than themselves.
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Some liberals have suggested that Democrats voice their dissent to Kavanaugh’s confirmation by simply walking out of the hearings – and I think we’d all be OK with that. It’s one fewer interruption per minute the adults will have to put up with.