filibuster. we heard brett kavanaugh say today if you did that the supreme court would absolutely uphold it. he said it is absolutely constitutional for congress to pass such a law, for any of the states who already have their own laws protecting abortion rights. what you are proposing is something brett kavanaugh has said the supreme court would completely go along with. right. but it is the reminder isn t it of the price we re paying right now for this technical rule in the united states senate that keeps us from being able to move forward. so now we can just start down the list. we need to pass voting rights. we need more laws around gun safety. we need a law around immigration and path to citizenship for millions of people in this country and we need a law to protect the right of a woman to
that when there are rights on both sides, you know, back in 1857 they thought that slave owners have rights but we could have a nation half slave and half free, just let each state decide for itself. a position that brett kavanaugh, justice kavanaugh took in today s argument was if we are scrupulously neutral instead of resolving a conflict between important rights, the woman s right to liberty and bodily integrity and possible right on the part of the unborn to survive, we will be scrupulously neutral between those rights not by developing a constitutional line like viability, not by having a nationwide constitutional amendment the way we did in the 14th amendment to
kaiser and patrick smith, all three denied any knowledge of the incident or gathering described by dr. ford. without objection i ll enter in the record. mr. chairman, i have something for the record as well, a number of letters from the witness es family friends, including her husband. i ll get to you as soon as the ranking member. mr. chairman, i have three letters addressed to both you and the ranking member and i d ask that they be entered into the record. without objection. and it s also my understanding that mr. judge is not willing to come forward to answer our questions. as a result, we cannot test his memory or make any assessment of his thoughtfulness or character. and i think that s why the failure to call him to testify is so very critical and i hope
he can t undercut it. and then the republicans have to hope that the standard laid out by lindsey graham, that they can sell that. that is their argument. they understand. read your in box. they have up to this point lost in the court of public opinion. they know that. they don t think even if brett kavanaugh is telling the truth and gives a credible performance, the best they can do is a draw. they did find professor ford compelling, they did find her human and speaking in a way that most matters. and miss mitchell is being savaged in social media right now by the president s supporters for not being tough enough. they think she did a terrible job. however, what her supporters are saying and other involved say her goal was to go into a room and get all the, she has no
say he s an abuser and guess what, we ll be past the mid term. i m not going to reward people for playing a political game i think with her life. she is just as much a victim of this as i think brett kavanaugh because somebody betrayed her trust and we know who she gave the letter to. and the people that betrayed her trust owe her an apology. all right. so there you have a very strong statement from lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina. he clearly says something happened to her but he s not convinced at all that it was brett kavanaugh. one of the things that people always ask me, what happened to lindsey graham, why has he changed, he used to be basically a junior mccain and now he is one of president trump s fiercest defenders on capitol hill, if not president trump s