evidence that he did so. senator susan kcollins of maine explaining her decision to vote brett kavanaugh on the supreme court. a decision she s received praise and backlash. a crowd funding campaign has raised $3 million for collins 2020 democratic opponent. morgan rad forradford is in mai. you re there. how do her con stistituents fee about a kavanaugh confirmation? reporter: it s been mixed reaction. we have been speaking to people on the crowd because senator collins is behind me. she is speaking at a bridge dedication ceremony for a fallen maine officer. every one is still reacting to that high drama we saw on capitol hill. we saw it friday. we saw it saturday. the reaction was split. today in this moment, in this place, a lot of people feel like senator collins stood up for the
if susan collins votes for ka kavanaugh we ll fund her opponent. almost $4 million. the site crashed when susan kol l kcollins came out and said she will approve brett kavanaugh. we saw thousands of women sharing their stories. these were painful, painful stories. the republicans are trying to politicize it. instead of taking the time to make political ads, i hope you listen to these women because they will make their voices heard november 6th. when it comes to the message that democrats need to play on in the next few weeks to come, there are women who have been survivors of this but who can we see as far as on the democratic side. what do they need to do in a tangible sense? heather, i want to you about that. we see the president hitting iowa, pennsylvania, kentucky and pennsylvania with these rallies.
fleming. i know you re watching as we are too with judge kavanaugh s first week. it will no doubt be on those controversial topics and issues. howdy vieddivided are the court those issues? i think they are that divided. these are the hot topics that we have seen. the issue regarding the armed career offender act is an enhancement. a sentencing enhancement somebody has committed three prior felonies with the use of firearms. the court isarguing over the correct definition of serious felony itself. i don t think it s that controversial. if you look at his prior writings, i think he will be a law and order judge than a
and that case comes before a judge or now a justice kavanaugh. we know judge kavanaugh is on the academic record saying a president can t be investigating, i diet indicted tried in a criminal case. that will become a big player moving forward if bob mueller seeks to indict the president. you have the russian investigation with the president slamming the fbi and democrats when it comes to this investigation. maybe a lose-lose. betsy, i want to ask you here but as far as lindsey graham here and the dynamics with the president. the new york times column called lindsey graham the saddest story in washington. writing that his fight for brett kavanaugh completed his transformation in a donald trump s slobbering man servant. what do you make of that relationship now given they are chumming it up on the linking
last most of us a lifetime. there s two people that have said what this justice will do. the president said he will appoint people that will uphold the right to life and overturn roe v wade. senator kcollins said she is confident he will not. one of the things that happen when people go through a traumatic and horrible experience and judge kavanaugh did, regardless of which side they come out on. they can sometimes surprise you and be their own person. he as a lifetime job unless he does something that results in impeachment. maybe he will really think about it and put his personal beliefs aside. maybe he will look at it in terms of the overall good. the supreme court is not designed to look at individual cases. it s designed the look at law for the entire country and it s designed to have precedent for everybody. it s designed to be what the law