Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner highlights the latest demonstration of the political polarization involving the Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Republicans and Democrats are ramping up accusatory tweets, floor speech insults, and hallway criticisms of each other as the Senate hurdles toward what the GOP hopes is a final vote this week on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Aside from just the usual sniping on the Senate floor, activists who believe Kavanaugh is a serial sexual assaulter are harassing Republicans at every turn, both in the hallways and even at the airport as they show up for work.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sens. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., were all accosted by anti-Kavanaugh activists when they arrived at Reagan National Airport on Monday. That tactic is one many senators haven’t seen in a fight over a Supreme Court nominee, and Corker says he’s not sure the Senate, or the country, will ever be the same again.
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Watch Full Screen to Skip Ads“This is really not even about the Senate,” Corker said. “It’s about where the country right now and we as a nation have to figure out a way to unite. Right now there are just so many issues that separate us.”
“This is much deeper than just the Senate, this is the whole country,” he said when asked how the Senate can recover.
