Political Quotes

“it is another morning in the Senate and another partisan diatribe coming from my good friend--and he is my good friend--the majority leader. Instead of looking at what happened--that a young woman came forward because she felt compelled to, knowing she would risk so much to herself, which, unfortunately, has happened--he seeks to blame somebody else; in this case, the Democrats. Let's remember that Dr. Ford came forward before Judge Kavanaugh was even nominated. Dr. Ford came forward and called up two people before anyone even knew of her allegations, including, one, a hotline from the Washington Post, according to her testimony. Our colleague--my colleague here--has engaged in a giant Kabuki game. He knows how believable Dr. Ford is. He knows the majority of the American people believe Dr. Ford was telling the truth rather than Judge Kavanaugh. He knows any focus on Dr. Ford would bring more feelings that Judge Kavanaugh is the wrong person for the Supreme Court, but he can't attack Dr. Ford because of her credibility--greater than Judge Kavanaugh's--so he attacks ``Democrats,'' increasing the partisan rancor and basically the fundamental lack of getting to the truth in this Chamber. I would like to ask the majority leader a few questions based on what he said a few minutes ago. He said this debate has been filled with partisan histrionics. Mr. Leader, are you accusing Dr. Ford of engaging in partisan histrionics when she came forward?…”