
Heidi Heitkamp is a Democrat Senator from North Dakota who is getting crushed by the Republican challenger.
Donald Trump won North Dakota in 2016.
If Heitkamp wants even the smallest chance of retaining her seat, she’ll certainly have to vote to confirm SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
From Sara Carter:
take our poll - story continues belowCompleting this poll grants you access to Great American Politics updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.In North Dakota, a new poll was taken of likely voters after the allegations of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh became public which shows the incumbent Democrat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp down 10 points to challenger Rep. Kevin Cramer. If this Democratic seat is lost in the mid-term elections, it would be very difficult for the Democrats to regain control of the Senate.
Likewise, Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill is losing her race in Missouri – another state Trump won.
Poll: Josh Hawley Takes Lead Over Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) After She Announces Opposition to Kavanaugh. By A 7% Margin, Missouri Voters Say McCaskill Is Wrong On Kavanaugh. #ConfirmKavanaughNow #Trump https://t.co/BjoEA6YWCm pic.twitter.com/BgjaOU0NLZ
— Rep Security Council (@RSCGOP) September 30, 2018
These Senators have a tough decision to make.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made a speech on the Senate floor on Monday that had half the nation shook.
WATCH:
NEW: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "we'll be voting" on Brett Kavanaugh "this week."
"Let me make it very clear. The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close." https://t.co/l5GaxxoIl4 pic.twitter.com/beSAVWXAz5
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 1, 2018
From Right Scoop:
McConnell didn’t say which day the vote would occur. But I’m guessing that since three full days of this FBI background investigation have already passed, it could be any day this week. Probably Friday, but who knows, it could be even sooner.
I’m glad he is being resolute about this despite the committee having to fold last week after the Great Flake Out of 2018. Let’s hope he stays that way and Kavanaugh gets voted in sooner than later. It’s the least the Senate can do for a man who was put through this completely unnecessary bruising.
Syracuse has more:
McConnell is suggesting a parallel between Democrats’ actions and the McCarthy era of the 1940s and 1950s, when Sen. Joseph McCarthy used unfounded allegations to accuse people of being communists without firm evidence, ruining their reputations.
McConnell’s remarks come as the two parties battle over the FBI’s investigation of allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted women when he was a teenager in the 1980s. That investigation is supposed to be completed by Friday.
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton (R) went on “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
He made it clear.
Both Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as well as Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers will see investigation’s into their misconduct surrounding Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
From Right Scoop:
Senator Tom Cotton really ripped to Dianne Feinstein and the actions of the Democrats in the Kavanaugh affair, and he’s indicated that they ALL will be investigated by the FBI!!
WATCH: "Those lawyers are going to face a D.C. bar investigation into their misconduct. Dianne Feinstein and her staff is going to face an investigation into their misconduct," @SenTomCotton tells @FaceTheNation https://t.co/gQQdnAYUMb pic.twitter.com/zzHboxnXzD
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) September 30, 2018
WATCH: "I strongly suspect that every statement that was made to the Judiciary Committee under penalty of perjury is the exact same statement that's going to be made to the FBI," @SenTomCotton tells @FaceTheNation https://t.co/85vnbdHvt1 pic.twitter.com/0MKcnvlnUp
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) September 30, 2018
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