Is Jeff Flake Deliberately Blocking Kavanaugh by Staying Out of Washington? Some Think So.

Watching the sun set on Kavanaugh in Zimbabwe?

So Yurtle canceled the traditional August recess for the Senate to push through Kavanaugh and drumpf’s other judicial nominees ahead of the election and Jeff Flake responds by taking off for Zimbabwe to observe the beautiful sunsets, their election and extol the virtue of paper ballots…

Counting ballots in a tent in rural Zimbabwe by kerosine and candlelight. Democracy doesn’t get any better than this. pic.twitter.com/Wb97dmJXdn

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) July 30, 2018

Since the Judiciary is comprised of 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats, Flake’s absence ties up the Committee and that means that no new nominees can go to the floor while he is on the Zimbabwean Trail, and Pence will have to stay in Washington to break ties on those already advanced to the floor rather than campaigning for Republican candidates. 

Is Flake finally actually doing something?

This Twitter user thinks so.

Here is the upshot of what Flake is doing:

Mitch McConnell kept the Senate in session in August (instead of recessing), so they could confirm Trump's judicial nominees, but Flake took his own recess for most of August. He's on judiciary, so now they can't confirm the judges. https://t.co/cTyPFgrGMM

— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) July 30, 2018

Jeff Flake is screwing the GOP caucus (and conservative causes generally, by slowing pace of confirmations). And he's either doing it intentionally or he's doing it because he just doesn't care and would rather vacation.

— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) July 30, 2018

But will he stay away? Apparently the answer is…. yes.

That’s what I’ve been told by senate staffers who are, justifiably, not thrilled about it.

— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) July 31, 2018

Meanwhile guess who is chairing the tied up Judiciary Committee today and what he is doing?

Tomorrow, I will chair a Judiciary Committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration policies, and the ongoing failure of their family reunification efforts. It’s the first of many steps to unravel the damage done, and make sure it never happens again.

— Dick Durbin (@DickDurbin) July 30, 2018

Lets hope Jeff doesn’t Flake out again.

This could be HUUUUUUUUUUUUGDE.