Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come one final time in support of Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Democratic leaders did everything in their power to make Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation about anything except his judicial record and his outstanding academic qualifications. The Democratic leaders promised to oppose Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation from day one and use every play in the book to accomplish that goal. Even though the Senate had access to more of Judge Kavanaugh's records than we have had for any other Supreme Court nominee, Democratic leaders tried to bury the Judiciary Committee in mountains of irrelevant paperwork. When routine process arguments failed, they resorted to outright character assassination of the judge. Their smear campaign featured baseless allegations of perjury and claims that, as a teenager, he participated in gang rapes of women. I have been around long enough to see ugly leftwing smear campaigns against Supreme Court nominees, but this was beyond the pale--even beyond Judge Thomas and Anita Hill, and I was there. I am encouraged that most of my colleagues had the courage to stand against the politics of personal destruction. Ignored in the media circus that the Democratic leaders created was Judge Kavanaugh's extraordinary record as a judge and also as a citizen.…”