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These Democrat-run hearings to potentially send Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court are something else. It’s not just that Democrats have forgotten how they’ve treated now Justice Brett Kavanaugh while they go after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for daring to address Judge Jackson’s record on sentencing sex offenders who prey on children, though that’s certainly continued to be an issue. Concerningly, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who is chairing these hearings, has not been forthcoming about handing over the records to Republican members. Durbin did make some thoughtful points about the innocent victims whose names appear in the pre-sentencing reports that Republican members are asking for. He also politicized the request, though. “I would suggest that the information contained in these reports is dangerous, dangerous to the victims, and to the innocent people who are mentioned in these reports, and unnecessary at this point.” Durbin went on to vent about how “it’s never been requested by this committee, and it’s merely a fishing expedition in dangerous territory,” with an edge in his voice.
As the chairman continued about “classified settings, redacted versions of the reports” and how “this has never happened in the history of this committee,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) could be heard trying to say something. Durbin still continued on. “And I would say, senator, I will just tell you, I am not going to be party to turning over this information and endangering the life of an innocent person,” Durbin emphasized, “for a political quest to find more information. We have exhausted this topic. We’ve gone through it over and over again. And I think that this is a bridge too far for this committee. That is my personal feeling.” In a separate clip, Durbin also offered “I would just suggest we ought to think […]
They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
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