Sen. Grassley on the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing.

Committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley needs to make 

a statement concerning the recently concluded Kavanaugh 

Confirmation Hearing.

As much as he provided fair and equitable leadership, it

was not enough get any sense of 'comity' the Senate

prides itself on.

I hope Grassley offer such a statement, such as below.

The Senate hearing to confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh

for the vacated seat on the Supreme Court has been a circus from day one 

which could have been predicted soon after the announcement by President

Trump on July 9th.

It did not take long for Democrats​ to 'fill in the name' of the already created, 

scripted criticism to be used over and over against whomever Trump chose.

From the first, all Democrat members ensured the hearing would not go 

without interruption. First, they provided tickets to people interested 

in disrupting the proceedings, not respectfully listening to what was 

being said.  

But, this was not the worst of this 'circus', what we saw next surely 

was, the performance of Democrats on the committee themselves,

all showed little interest in a respectful query of Judge Kavanaugh, 

only an ongoing attack on him.

The foregone conclusion was obvious and two fold.  Even before 

the hearing began every Democrat said they would not confirm the 

nomination, while a few Republicans wanted assurances on 

concerns they wanted addressed.

After a three day hearing that included three sessions of questioning 

Kavanaugh by all twenty-one senators, totaling one hour each

they hearing ended, with only the scheduled vote on Sept. 19th 

to be taken.

The next day I learned from Sen. Diane Feinstein that she received

a letter from a woman that claimed she was sexually assaulted by

Judge Kavanaugh when they were teenagers, over thirty years ago,

information Feinstein new about in July!

Now, the Democrats, who I remind you, were not going to vote

for Kavanaugh at all, want to bring in this women, now a professor

to address the committee.

But, even that does not seem to be enough, now the women's lawyer

is demanding an FBI investigation before she speaks to our committee

which the Democrats demand as well.

I have to call this as I see it, a slow moving flow of lava to scuttle the 

appointment of Judge Kavanaugh which I will refuse to allow.

Our committee will not submit to demands by either party or any

individual. I will call for a vote at the earliest, not negotiate with 

Democrats that from the beginning had little interest in Judge 

Kavanaugh's of the law.

As much as I empathize with Prof. Ford, beyond allowing her to 

address the committee, I will not delay the the vote for demands

of any nature, by anyone. 

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