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Jose Garcia

(2,552 posts)
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:00 PM Jul 2019

McConnell's Democratic challenger says she likely would have voted for Kavanaugh

Source: The Hill

Amy McGrath, who announced this week she will challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2020, says in a new interview that she would have likely voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

"I was very concerned about Judge Kavanaugh, what I felt like were the far-right stances that he had. However, there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way," McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, told the Louisville Courier-Journal.

"And the fact is when you have the president and the Senate, this is our system and so I don't think there was anything that would have disqualified him in my mind," she said, adding when pressed on how she would have voted: "yeah, I probably would have voted for him."

Kavanaugh's nomination became a flashpoint after allegations of sexual assault from psychology professor and research psychologist Christine Blasey Ford, which he denied. Senators eventually voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh, ending a rancorous debate over his nomination.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/senate/452524-mcconnells-democratic-challenger-says-she-likely-would-have-voted-for%3famp

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McConnell's Democratic challenger says she likely would have voted for Kavanaugh (Original Post) Jose Garcia Jul 2019 OP
It's Kentucky SHRED Jul 2019 #1
Uh-oh. And I was excited about her, fighter pilot background and all and a Dem. brush Jul 2019 #40
any DINO is much much better than mcconnel AlexSFCA Jul 2019 #53
She reversed course on this. mahina Jul 2019 #54
Considering the two red state dems who didn't ended up losing and he got confirmed anyways... Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #2
Unfortunately, anyone running against Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #3
Post removed Post removed Jul 2019 #10
You are entitled to that choice. Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #12
She sounds like Mitch lite. nt SylviaD Jul 2019 #16
Well would you rather choose regular Mitch or a lite Mitch? cstanleytech Jul 2019 #31
At best, she sounds like customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #47
Mitch is a Marine Fighter pilot? Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #63
Could be a set up INdemo Jul 2019 #82
What's wrong with Bullwinkle? grumpyduck Jul 2019 #24
Nothing. Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #26
Moose vs Turtle? R Merm Jul 2019 #39
Me too, but then I've always liked Bullwinkle. dchill Jul 2019 #69
Not only would I vote for her if I lived in KY Rural_Progressive Jul 2019 #18
Sorry but a vote for Kavanaugh is a bridge too far for me. nt SylviaD Jul 2019 #20
Then apparently you really haven't been paying attention Rural_Progressive Jul 2019 #21
As a woman, I can never support someone who voted (or would have voted) for K. nt SylviaD Jul 2019 #22
so why are you supporting McTurtle? 0rganism Jul 2019 #29
Kavanaugh IS a McChinless scheme. lagomorph777 Jul 2019 #73
She didn't vote for Kavanaugh. N/t Politicub Jul 2019 #51
Here, here. I live in MS and we can't get stuck on "purity" it's stupid. centrarchus Jul 2019 #28
I'm sorry but objecting to sexual assault is not purity JonLP24 Jul 2019 #66
I'm here, Corgigal Jul 2019 #46
That's absolutely bonkers... zaj Jul 2019 #61
I'd vote for her TheCowsCameHome Jul 2019 #4
Well, that will slow down the money avalanche. nt DURHAM D Jul 2019 #5
Well, it won't slow down my contributions to her. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #9
On the other hand, it might Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #15
See post 23 below. DURHAM D Jul 2019 #32
Yes, it will Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #43
I don't care what she has to say to replace that Turtle!! Pisces Jul 2019 #6
There is one vote that matters more than any Bradshaw3 Jul 2019 #7
Are you certain? Check out some of her positions... nt SylviaD Jul 2019 #19
I have and my point stands Bradshaw3 Jul 2019 #44
My head is shaking. alwaysinasnit Jul 2019 #8
IKR... maybe she only watches faux news. JudyM Jul 2019 #45
She reversed course on this since. mahina Jul 2019 #55
This might have been strategic moose65 Jul 2019 #11
thanks moose, a no-brainer, eh? saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #13
I think she just didn't think it through Bradical79 Jul 2019 #85
"However, there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way" clementine613 Jul 2019 #14
I was going to contribute to her campaign. Not now. mahannah Jul 2019 #17
Enjoy McConnell's next term then! herding cats Jul 2019 #60
Kentucky has one of the highest PVIs in the country. and its population is pretty static. I'm glad Kurt V. Jul 2019 #80
She's walking it back now.... PunkinPi Jul 2019 #23
Well why not say so in the FUCKING FIRST PLACE? hatrack Jul 2019 #25
Meh..... Red Mountain Jul 2019 #30
She just lost the election Polybius Jul 2019 #41
I agree. herding cats Jul 2019 #58
eh qazplm135 Jul 2019 #79
Stupid fucking move. herding cats Jul 2019 #56
Oooooh that's some fucking brilliant strategery right there.... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2019 #57
She's so transparent RandySF Jul 2019 #27
We need McConnell out. herding cats Jul 2019 #48
I was hoping she wouldn't shoot herself in the ass the first week. bluedigger Jul 2019 #33
UPDATE: She has changed course. Qutzupalotl Jul 2019 #34
That's fine. BigDemVoter Jul 2019 #35
and then she changed her mind: UPDATE: She has changed course. elleng Jul 2019 #36
WT?? 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #37
I understand that it's Kentucky srobertss Jul 2019 #38
The weeping beer-lover? Blue Owl Jul 2019 #42
I am all in for Amy Bayard Jul 2019 #49
Sigh. I know all politics are local. Politicub Jul 2019 #50
She should have stood firm on this... hear me out. herding cats Jul 2019 #52
There was someone that ran against McConnell JonLP24 Jul 2019 #67
Just get rid of McConnell. JohnnyRingo Jul 2019 #59
NO!!!!!! Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY 6h6 hours ago trueblue2007 Jul 2019 #62
Well she should have said that in the first place. milestogo Jul 2019 #74
JUST GET ELECTED!! aeromanKC Jul 2019 #64
I believe Ford JonLP24 Jul 2019 #65
She's not a good politician 5starlib Jul 2019 #68
I agree with you. mentalsolstice Jul 2019 #75
If she gonna win KY she gonna have to sound reasonable to KY bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #70
I'm ashamed of this thread, watoos Jul 2019 #71
+1000 bronxiteforever Jul 2019 #76
WTF? Has she gotten cold feet? Why has she decided to end her run so early? lagomorph777 Jul 2019 #72
So what? Piratedog Jul 2019 #77
Now she says she wouldn't candidates have to get better at this Deflect! dawg day Jul 2019 #78
She's still better than Mitch. Go get him Amy. comradebillyboy Jul 2019 #81
We need to get him out of there and shes' going to have to... Upthevibe Jul 2019 #83
Edited because she reversed her stated position Bradical79 Jul 2019 #84
Great, so now both sides will support her! Jose Garcia Jul 2019 #86
sooooo...... cntrfthrs Jul 2019 #87
I don't care. McConnell must go... Princetonian Jul 2019 #88

brush

(53,475 posts)
40. Uh-oh. And I was excited about her, fighter pilot background and all and a Dem.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:40 PM
Jul 2019

We don't need a DINO running. People o the fence will vote for the real repug.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
2. Considering the two red state dems who didn't ended up losing and he got confirmed anyways...
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jul 2019

Probably not the worst call in the world :

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
3. Unfortunately, anyone running against
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jul 2019

McConnell is going to have to say some things most of us are not going to agree with.

Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #3)

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
12. You are entitled to that choice.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:13 PM
Jul 2019

I would vote for Bullwinkle the Moose if he were running against Mitch McConnel.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
63. Mitch is a Marine Fighter pilot?
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 01:39 AM
Jul 2019

Who overcame adversity in a military where his gender had little opportunity? that entitled idiot isnt close to the greatness she already exemplifies.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
82. Could be a set up
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:47 PM
Jul 2019

Mitch chooses a real "lite" competitor and a ready made victory for Mitch.
I believe Allison Grimes actually the election stolen from her in 2014
The polls were within the margin of error a few days before election and Mitch won by 15%..something was terribly wrong

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
18. Not only would I vote for her if I lived in KY
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jul 2019

I'm sending her campaign money even though I don't live in KY.

Please save the purity tests until AFTER we get rid of the greatest threats to a democratically elected representative form of government we've ever known.

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
21. Then apparently you really haven't been paying attention
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:20 PM
Jul 2019

to what Mitch McChinless has been up to for the past 10 years

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
73. Kavanaugh IS a McChinless scheme.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 09:43 AM
Jul 2019

One of his most reprehensible schemes, and with the worst, longest-lasting consequences for this country. Kavanaugh is one of the top two or three reasons McConnell has to go. Supporting that nomination is saying "I'm just as evil as a Repervert politician."

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
66. I'm sorry but objecting to sexual assault is not purity
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 02:22 AM
Jul 2019

It goes beyond politics for me and I wish politicians would realize that when it comes to Kavanaugh. He disgusts me.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
46. I'm here,
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 11:06 PM
Jul 2019

and she's taking us for granted and blowing up her own campaign.

Great, you need to work for us first. Idiot running her campaign, we're more purple then people believe. If we show up.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
61. That's absolutely bonkers...
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:45 AM
Jul 2019

... you write let Mitch continue to destroy America for a moral victory?

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
9. Well, it won't slow down my contributions to her.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:08 PM
Jul 2019

I understand at least a little what she has to do to get elected in Kentucky.

Bradshaw3

(7,455 posts)
44. I have and my point stands
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:21 PM
Jul 2019

Judgeships, investigations and too many other important aspects of taking our government back will depend on winning the senate.

alwaysinasnit

(5,038 posts)
8. My head is shaking.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:07 PM
Jul 2019

"I was very concerned about Judge Kavanaugh, what I felt like were the far-right stances that he had. However, there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way," McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, told the Louisville Courier-Journal.

....

... "there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way"...

moose65

(3,164 posts)
11. This might have been strategic
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:11 PM
Jul 2019

It’s hypothetical. She’ll never have to vote for Kavanaugh - the deed is done, so she can say this safely without having to worry about casting a vote. Now they won’t ask her about it again, and the campaign can move on. Eyes on the prize, folks!

clementine613

(561 posts)
14. "However, there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way"
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:15 PM
Jul 2019

Other than being a multiple rapist, like every other Rethug, of course...

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
60. Enjoy McConnell's next term then!
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:40 AM
Jul 2019

I cannot believe people can't grasp this is Trump loving Kentucky, not DU. All politics are local, that's a fact.

She already screwed this up by walking it back, so be happy! She earned your cash and most likely lost the seat. Are you happy now?

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
80. Kentucky has one of the highest PVIs in the country. and its population is pretty static. I'm glad
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jul 2019

she's in it but has no chance of winning

PunkinPi

(4,870 posts)
23. She's walking it back now....
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:29 PM
Jul 2019



I was asked earlier today about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and I answered based upon his qualifications to be on the Supreme Court. But upon further reflection and further understanding of his record, I would have voted no.

Red Mountain

(1,705 posts)
30. Meh.....
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 08:41 PM
Jul 2019

The Republicans are good at this. Say one thing and then add nuance.

Republican voters only pay attention to the first statement. Case closed, they're good.

Democrats listen to the full explanation and carefully consider the additional information.

I'm no doubt giving her too much credit but a guy can hope, right?

Anybody (with even a lowercase d) but Mitch.

Polybius

(15,239 posts)
41. She just lost the election
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:04 PM
Jul 2019

Stick with one thing. This is Kentucky, her original answer was perfect.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
58. I agree.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:22 AM
Jul 2019

This was a stupid, completely avoidable mistake. Dumb, dumb, dumb! Ugh!

It's Trump loving Kentucky for Pete's sake! Play it as such and let the donors adapt. We need this win desperately!

I'm so disappointed.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
56. Stupid fucking move.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:15 AM
Jul 2019

This race isn't amongst people like us here on DU. It's literally being fought out amongst hardcore Trump supporters.

She just screwed up massively. I'm so pissed right now!

Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
34. UPDATE: She has changed course.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:15 PM
Jul 2019



“Hours after telling the Courier Journal she would have voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath reversed course to say she would, in fact, not have voted for Kavanaugh.”

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
35. That's fine.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:18 PM
Jul 2019

Hopefully she's lying through her teeth. I would say the same thing if I wanted to win and wouldn't give a shit about lying, as repigs do it all the time.

And she needs to make up her fucking mind what she means and what she doesn't mean. As much as I loathe that motherfucker, Turtle McConnell, he will kick her ass with these "slip ups."

srobertss

(261 posts)
38. I understand that it's Kentucky
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:35 PM
Jul 2019

but I heard her say that Mitch McConnell is the reason Trump hasn’t been able to enact many of his populist campaign promises. (paraphrasing) Who is that designed to appeal to? Very strange.

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
49. I am all in for Amy
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 11:56 PM
Jul 2019

And I WILL be voting for her in KY.

What I would like to hear, is an in-depth interview. Paging Rachel!

Politicub

(12,163 posts)
50. Sigh. I know all politics are local.
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 11:58 PM
Jul 2019

I know nothing about voters in Kentucky so I have to trust McGrath’s judgement.

It diffuses a line of attack, but will it cost her votes?

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
52. She should have stood firm on this... hear me out.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:02 AM
Jul 2019

It's Kentucky, if she wants to win she's going to have to make a lot of us cringe. It sucks, I get that and agree completely. But, she's playing local politics and that's how you oust McConnell. Her donors balked, so she backtracked, which I also get, but it's not going to win her the race. It's a bad move.

It fucking sucks we can't understand microclimates on a large scale when it comes to politics as a party. We need this messed up, Trump loving state desperately!

This right here is why we lose. We're too stupid (ideologically pure) to know what's best for us to see what's right.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
67. There was someone that ran against McConnell
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 03:19 AM
Jul 2019

She said she is not Obama and was holding shotguns in campaign ads she still lost.

He faced Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election. Although polls showed the race was very close,[285] McConnell defeated Grimes, 56.2–40.7%.[286][287] The 15.5% margin of victory was one of his largest, second only to his 2002 margin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell

Conventional wisdom is killing us.

trueblue2007

(17,138 posts)
62. NO!!!!!! Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY 6h6 hours ago
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 01:37 AM
Jul 2019

Amy McGrath
?Verified account @AmyMcGrathKY
6h6 hours ago

I was asked earlier today about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and I answered based upon his qualifications to be on the Supreme Court. But upon further reflection and further understanding of his record, I would have voted no.

aeromanKC

(3,307 posts)
64. JUST GET ELECTED!!
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 01:53 AM
Jul 2019

We will need some DINO's in the Senate to get the Gavel back. And getting the Senate Gavel back should be huge priority for the Dems!!! (Remember, without more than a half dozen DINO's, we would not have the ACA)

 

5starlib

(191 posts)
68. She's not a good politician
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:40 AM
Jul 2019

I live in the 6th CD of Kentucky and I know Amy up close. She is a wonderful person. She has a sterling reputation in the military. She is a terrible politician though. She's just not good at politics. I will be the first one to vote for her over McConnell, but I'm not confident.

mentalsolstice

(4,454 posts)
75. I agree with you.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:38 PM
Jul 2019

Due to circumstances we spent the end of last summer and most of September and October in the 6th district. I couldn’t believe the constant TV ads (we live in a red state but in a blue district where our congresswoman always goes unchallenged). Although I like Amy, many of her ads were cringeworthy and lacked any real message. I really hated the soccer one!

bucolic_frolic

(42,678 posts)
70. If she gonna win KY she gonna have to sound reasonable to KY
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:27 AM
Jul 2019

and that involves at the outset, not unsettling 60% of the state with coastal values

So as unhappy as we are to hear, she's doing what she believes she has to do

Think of this as Susan Collins of the Left

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
71. I'm ashamed of this thread,
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 08:56 AM
Jul 2019

She was asked a hypothetical question and fucked it up. She then recanted her first answer.

She never fucking voted for Kavanaugh and we don't know if she ever would have.

To me this thread is a pro-Mitch McConnell thread, I welcome someone turning me in. Next to Trump and Barr, Mitch McConnell is the biggest threat to our democracy, I will never be silent about that no matter how many people here try to silence me.

Amy is a combat veteran who did more for this country than people who are bashing her here. You go girl, take down the grim reaper. One good thing about this thread, because of it I am sending Amy 100 bucks.

Piratedog

(256 posts)
77. So what?
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jul 2019

She has to run a Ky race to win Ky voters.
Why say the opposite and make a nothing into something?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
78. Now she says she wouldn't candidates have to get better at this Deflect!
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jul 2019

Good grief, why answer hypotheticals? Why not deflect?
"I wasn't there in the Senate then. I will say I will always be willing to listen bla bla bla."

Upthevibe

(7,884 posts)
83. We need to get him out of there and shes' going to have to...
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 01:12 PM
Jul 2019

say and do some things in Kentucky that wouldn't fly in California! Mitch McConnell HAS TO GO! When I get a permanent job I'm sending her campaign $20!!!!!

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
84. Edited because she reversed her stated position
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 01:25 PM
Jul 2019

Edit: She recanted. It was a weird single day flip-flop, but puts her on the correct side of the issue, so cool.

 

Princetonian

(1,501 posts)
88. I don't care. McConnell must go...
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 12:59 AM
Jul 2019

... preferably on his own steam though I wouldn't mind if the Fates played a part.

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