Political Quotes

“yesterday the Republican leader began his speech with a quote of mine. Let me begin mine with a quote of his. ``We're going to plow right through it.'' That is Leader McConnell: We are going to plow right through it. He was speaking to the Values Voter Summit about serious allegations of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh. ``We're going to plow right through it.'' Does that sound like someone who is treating these allegations with respect and fairness and evenhandedness? Does it sound like someone who wants to get at the real facts no matter where they fall? Certainly not to me and not to the American people. Then, yesterday, Leader McConnell brought the debate to a new low by calling the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh a ``Democratic smear job.'' Never mind that Leader McConnell has no evidence--no evidence whatsoever--that the recent allegations were contrived by Democrats. They were not. Never mind that Leader McConnell has no evidence--no evidence whatsoever--that the events in question took place or didn't take place. It seems likely they did, but he has no evidence one way or the other because he will not even ask for an investigation of it. He then unilaterally declared the accounts of multiple women to be ``manufactured mud,'' part of a partisan smear campaign. Let me address these comments directly that these allegations are part of a ``Democratic smear job.'' First, these allegations did not originate with Democrats.…”