{"id":3035,"date":"2018-09-04T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/04\/watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:17:10","slug":"watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Senator Whitehouse: Kavanaugh \u2018Should Give Every Senator Pause\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4514880320605408771gmail-docs-internal-guid-2a3c57df-7fff-9711-6cf5-6090c83decc6\">Senator Whitehouse said today that Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Kavanaugh, who believes the president is above the law, &ldquo;should give every senator pause.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4514880320605408771gmail-docs-internal-guid-2a3c57df-7fff-9711-6cf5-6090c83decc6\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037087587691884544&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536183736267000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0DOeCD8s5bD0PUndHbfWY9ZJ2Sw\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037087587691884544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/m4FlJ6vc0FeYu8-MMMSSu5SdKwGAZP4dAnuFf0P1eHS2eNPmiCurmkmINLcfuB_2BFjIloB6sAz4vtzsObxkcbGP0sUIA3IT_yvozrG0tRKtkm2G1yrTD4DnqkcWgqOr-eKLMZAk.jpg\" style=\"border:none;\" width=\"554\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\"><span id=\"m_-4514880320605408771gmail-docs-internal-guid-2a3c57df-7fff-9711-6cf5-6090c83decc6\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037087587691884544&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536183736267000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0DOeCD8s5bD0PUndHbfWY9ZJ2Sw\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037087587691884544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Whitehouse<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;Finally, you come before us nominated by a president named in open court as directing criminal activity and a subject of ongoing criminal investigation. You displayed expansive views on executive immunity from the law. If you are in that seat, sir, because the White House has big expectations that you will protect the president from the due process of law, that should give every senator pause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Whitehouse said today that Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Kavanaugh, who believes the president is above the law, &ldquo;should give every senator pause.&rdquo; &nbsp; &nbsp; Senator Whitehouse: &ldquo;Finally, you come before us nominated by a president named in open court as directing criminal activity and a subject of ongoing criminal investigation. You displayed expansive views on <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-3035","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>WATCH: Senator Whitehouse: Kavanaugh \u2018Should Give Every Senator Pause\u2019 - 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\/watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-09-04T21:42:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:17:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/m4FlJ6vc0FeYu8-MMMSSu5SdKwGAZP4dAnuFf0P1eHS2eNPmiCurmkmINLcfuB_2BFjIloB6sAz4vtzsObxkcbGP0sUIA3IT_yvozrG0tRKtkm2G1yrTD4DnqkcWgqOr-eKLMZAk.jpg\" \/>\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\/watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-senator-whitehouse-kavanaugh-should-give-every-senator-pause\/\",\"name\":\"WATCH: Senator Whitehouse: Kavanaugh \u2018Should Give Every Senator Pause\u2019 - 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