Yesterday I asked Kavanaugh whether or not he believed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — which prohibits state and local voting laws that discriminate on the basis of race or color— was constitutional.
He refused to answer.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 6, 2018
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kamala harris isn’t here for the deviation tactics
Last week, during the slow-motion car-crash that is Brett Kavanaugh’s hasty Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Kamala Harris engaged in an exchange with the nominee that will be Exhibit A in the next wave of “Why didn’t we listen to Black women?” missives, should Kavanaugh be confirmed. The California Senator provided clear and measured questioning that Kavanaugh practically stumbled over in order to avoid answering a few pressing questions — such as whether he spoke about Robert Mueller’s investigation to anyone within the law firm founded by Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz.
Harris was not here for the theatrics imbued in Kavanaugh’s usage of a pocket constitution — the same one he didn’t have the mind to pull out when Senator Harris asked the burning question “Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?” The nominee’s customary stammering followed, before Harris’s pointed questioning dribbled an actual answer out of him – “I’m not aware…I’m not…thinking of any right now, senator.” Roe v Wade is definitely in trouble.
Brett Kavanaugh coached Bush's judicial nominees to give the same kind of vague answers he gave us on Roe v. Wade this week. We have the receipts. pic.twitter.com/gATpnkDyL0
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) September 7, 2018
Kamala Harris is the gatekeeper we desperately need at this moment. Her ability to navigate Kavanaugh’s Trumpian deviation tactics with the cool demeanor of a Black woman who’s already caught you in a lie is worthy of applause. Civility is not the hill on which we will sacrifice our inalienable rights, yet Harris served it in spades while also allowing Kavanaugh to expose himself as the bumbling prop he really is.
Perhaps the fight isn’t over after all.
I asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh whether he believes President Trump was correct, that “both sides” were to blame for Charlottesville.
He refused to answer.
This isn’t a difficult question. One side was wrong: the one with the torches and swastikas.
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) September 6, 2018
Kavanaugh chooses his words very carefully, and this is a dog whistle for going after birth control. He was nominated for the purpose of taking away a woman’s constitutionally protected right to make her own health care decisions. Make no mistake – this is about punishing women. pic.twitter.com/zkBjXzIvQI
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) September 7, 2018
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