I have to admit that I was unpleasantly reminded of this memorable line from the 1948 John Wayne/John Ford Western Fort Apache as I watched Democratic senators disrupt the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and unfairly attack him.
After one Democratic senator said the Kavanaugh hearing should be conducted like a court hearing, Cornyn responded that if it were, "Virtually every member" on the Democratic side of the committee "Would be held in contempt of court."
Senator Ben Sasse pointed out that the outrageous claims being made about Kavanaugh are absurd, including that he supposedly hates women, hates children, hates clean air, wants dirty water, and is an "Existential threat to the nation."
Democrats are claiming they need even more documents, even though the committee has already received more than half a million pages, including 17,000 pages of Kavanaugh articles and speeches and 10,000 pages of his legal opinions from his 12 years on the court of appeals.
Cornyn also made the point that all of the Democrats complaining have publicly announced they are not voting for Kavanaugh.
Senator Ted Cruz said that this hearing isn't really about Kavanaugh's qualifications because "By any objective measure he is unquestionably qualified for the Supreme Court." Everyone agrees, said Cruz, that Kavanaugh "Is one of the most respected federal judges in the country" with "Impeccable academic credentials."
So all we got were long speeches and arguments, with many of the Democratic senators ignoring the supposed ten-minute limit on their opening statements while engaging in personal insults and attacks on Kavanaugh.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearings-show-trial-democrats-embarrass-themselves/
After one Democratic senator said the Kavanaugh hearing should be conducted like a court hearing, Cornyn responded that if it were, "Virtually every member" on the Democratic side of the committee "Would be held in contempt of court."
Senator Ben Sasse pointed out that the outrageous claims being made about Kavanaugh are absurd, including that he supposedly hates women, hates children, hates clean air, wants dirty water, and is an "Existential threat to the nation."
Democrats are claiming they need even more documents, even though the committee has already received more than half a million pages, including 17,000 pages of Kavanaugh articles and speeches and 10,000 pages of his legal opinions from his 12 years on the court of appeals.
Cornyn also made the point that all of the Democrats complaining have publicly announced they are not voting for Kavanaugh.
Senator Ted Cruz said that this hearing isn't really about Kavanaugh's qualifications because "By any objective measure he is unquestionably qualified for the Supreme Court." Everyone agrees, said Cruz, that Kavanaugh "Is one of the most respected federal judges in the country" with "Impeccable academic credentials."
So all we got were long speeches and arguments, with many of the Democratic senators ignoring the supposed ten-minute limit on their opening statements while engaging in personal insults and attacks on Kavanaugh.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearings-show-trial-democrats-embarrass-themselves/
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