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Harrington: It's Not Just the President Democrats Will Try to Impeach, It's His Nominees as Well

September 21, 2018

Washington Free Beacon senior writer Elizabeth Harrington said Friday she thinks it is likely that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed despite sexual assault allegations made against him.

"It's looking likely he's going to be confirmed," Harrington said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said Friday he expects Kavanaugh to be confirmed soon and join the eight other justices on the Supreme Court when their term begins in October. California professor Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of groping her and attempting to cover her mouth to muffle her screams at a high school party in the 1980s, and her attorneys are in negotiations with the Senate Judiciary Committee to set the terms for her testimony.

"Is that what you're hearing, delayed not denied?" host Neil Cavuto asked.

"At this point, there hasn't been any other accusations against Kavanaugh," Harrington replied. "So far it's one unprovable allegation, and we still don't know if Dr. Ford is going to testify. If she doesn't testify, I think it's definitely a done deal."

Ford came forward with her allegations in a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif) in July, but Feinstein did not release the information until last Friday, after the committee hearings for Kavanaugh's confirmation had closed.

Senate Republicans have criticized Democrats for trying to stall the process and, referencing Merrick Garland's nomination, have insinuated they would try and hold Kavanaugh's nomination until the next presidential election in 2020.

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) said, "I think we’ve had those kinds of vacancies before, and we certainly had over a one-year vacancy with Merrick Garland. So the world does not come to an end because we don’t fill all of the nominees."

"It's just not realistic at all" to hold the seat vacated by Kennedy until 2020, said Harrington.

Democrats have continued to say they won't give up on Kavanaugh's allegations, going so far as to say if he is appointed to the Supreme Court they will try to impeach him.

"I'm not sure it's even possible to impeach him over this one incident," Harrington told Cavuto.

"It's kind of honest to see Democrats being honest about the agenda," she continued. "It's not just the president they'll try to impeach, it's his nominees as well."

Some Democrats, including Sen. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) have mentioned impeaching Trump, though most Democrats say they want the results of the Mueller investigation to come back before moving forward with impeachment.

"They have a one-track agenda, and that's resistance, it's anti-Trump," Harrington said

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