schumer going to pressure them to take a vote that might hurt them in their reelection choices? very difficult. bill: schumer has been out there a lot already and senator gillibrand. did you see the rally on the steps of the supreme court last night? this is what she had to say about this? what is at stake? women s freedom. our freedom to make our own decisions. our freedom to decide when and how many children we are going to have. what s at stake is freedom for lgbtq americans, for equal rights, civil rights. she went on to say for clean air, clean water, all the values we hold most dear. that is biblical, byron. on the women s issue a lot of women voted for donald trump and if you looked at that ceremony last night there was a lot of talk about brett kavanaugh s respect for, relationships with women. he has two daughters, he
to keep the alliance from fraying. we are committed to article 5. we are committed to the nato alliance. we believe that the nato alliance strengthens america. you can imagine why there is frustration, bill. the u.s. gave nato about $706 billion last year. germany by comparison gave nato $51 billion. something the president will be talking about at great length during his visit here. he is expected later tonight. no scheduled events until tomorrow. bill: we ll see you soon. my mom was a trailblazer. when i was 10 she went to law school and became a prosecutor. the president introduced me tonight at judge kavanaugh. but to me that title always belonged to my mom. my law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view. i am proud that a majority of
they forgot to replace xx with brett kavanaugh s name. sandra: a lot of folks talking about that this morning. bill: oops. byron york political correspondent and fox news contributor. you make a very interesting point. number one is that you think this is a pick that unifies the republican establishment. why is that and why would it be important? first of all, start out with confirmation math. there are 51 republicans in the senate, 49 democrats. even if senator mccain is unable to attend, that is 50 republicans if brett kavanaugh gets all of those republicans, he wins. he is confirmed and they don t need the votes of democrats. so a lot of what you saw last night was an appeal to unify the republican party. it was kind of push republican pleasure buttons.
every voter out there represented by a senator who said that they would vote against the president s nominee to the united states supreme court before they even heard the name, that s troubling. that s problematic and not the way a democracy and federalism is meant to work. the senate advises and consents and votes to confirm or deny a president s nominations to the judiciary. all three branches are involved. they re not doing their jobs if they tell you from the beginning i ll vote against a trump nominee to the united states supreme court. what is their objection to brett kavanaugh, being called a judge s judge and a sharp legal mind who held forth last night and treated the entire world to his personal background, how important family and faith is to him, how he met his wife, what he did when he was in the bush white house. sandra: he made a point in
anthony kennedy s pre-confirmation and david souter. they do it every time a republican president will appoint any justice of the supreme court. judge kavanaugh is unquestionably qualified for the job. he is mainstream. i saw john mccain put out a statement calling him mainstream, fair, impeccable credentials. mccain is not a fire breathing right winger but a thorn in the side of the president a number of times. unless there is a real bombshell that emerges in the confirmation hearings i would be very surprised if all republicans didn t stick together and bring a couple democrats along with them. sandra: richard, kellyanne conway said democrats came out fighting against this nomination before the president even announced his pick. a couple reasons for that. the list the president is working off of was by the federalists. they pick individuals to the far right. judge kavanaugh speaks for