{"id":1002426,"date":"2018-09-26T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T10:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002426"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:56","slug":"republicans-still-lack-the-votes-to-confirm-kavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-still-lack-the-votes-to-confirm-kavanaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Still Lack The Votes To Confirm Kavanaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/majority-of-americans-oppose-kavanaugh-nomination-if-fords-allegation-is-true-poll-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">60 percent <\/a>of Americans say they would oppose Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation if the allegations against him are true. Yet, Senate Republicans have tried to rush through Kavanaugh\u2019s nomination and refused to ask the FBI to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said it\u2019s important to have a credible process and that an FBI investigation would clear up all the questions into Kavanaugh\u2019s past.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1044610703095672837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Murkowski<\/a> on if there should be an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh\u2019s past: \u201cIt would sure clear up all the questions, wouldn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/kavanaugh-allegations-murkowski-sends-message-gop\/story?id=58073599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Murkowski<\/a>: \u201cI think it is important that we have a process that is viewed as credible and respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Instead, Republicans have led a partisan process and refused to get answers. It\u2019s clear why McConnell lacks the votes to confirm Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mcconnell-projects-confidence-doesn-t-have-votes-kavanaugh-yet-n913116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cMcConnell projects confidence but doesn&#8217;t have the votes for Kavanaugh yet\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/09\/25\/white-house-lashes-out-feinstein-838942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cYet right now, Kavanaugh doesn\u2019t have the votes to be confirmed, Republicans privately admit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/politicalwire.com\/2018\/09\/26\/republicans-dont-have-the-vote-on-kavanaugh-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Political Wire<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans Don\u2019t Have the Votes Yet on Kavanaugh\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lawrence\/status\/1044763853953880067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC\u2019s Lawrence O\u2019Donnell<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans are running scared on Kavanaugh nomination. McConnell &amp; Grassley are faking confidence because they don\u2019t have the votes yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimsciutto\/status\/1044916675206946817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN\u2019s Jim Sciutto<\/a>: \u201cThis is one reason it&#8217;s hard to imagine that McConnell can claim with confidence he has the votes locked up\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 60 percent of Americans say they would oppose Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation if the allegations against him are true. Yet, Senate Republicans have tried to rush through Kavanaugh\u2019s nomination and refused to ask the FBI to investigate the matter. &nbsp; Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said it\u2019s important to have a credible process and that an FBI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Republicans Still Lack The Votes To Confirm Kavanaugh - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-still-lack-the-votes-to-confirm-kavanaugh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-26T10:43:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-still-lack-the-votes-to-confirm-kavanaugh\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-still-lack-the-votes-to-confirm-kavanaugh\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Still Lack The Votes To Confirm Kavanaugh - 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