Here’s Orrin Hatch, waving away sexual assault survivors with naked contempt, telling them to “grow up”.
Hatch was elected in 1976, just as Ford was leaving office. At this point, he’s been in DC longer than most people in our the country have been alive (median age in the US is 38 years). He also believes No votes for Kavanaugh are the “dirtiest form of politics”.
He knows that his time’s up, he’s retiring this year. We need to get that message to the other Republicans, who have been hysterically ranting all week long, defending the supposedly unimpeachable honor of choirboy Brett.
Here’s the thing, if they had the votes, they wouldn’t be holding these hysterical conferences to complain about the media coverage of their nominee. They’d just have the vote. Which is what they did in the committee.
Next up we have Chuck Grassley, a US Senator treating us to a bout of hysterics only slightly less unhinged than Belligerent Brett.
Grassley, is also a holdover from the Gerald Ford administration. He was first elected to Congress in 1974. He too has been in Congress longer than half the people in this country have been alive.
He too knows his time’s up. Which is why he’s raving here.
Last, we have Mitch McConnell. His tenure as Senate majority leader has been a pure example of the exercise of naked power. Now, he is suddenly concerned about due process. He too, is a holdover from the Ford administration.
So why are these hysterical holdovers ranting and raving if they have the votes?
Or perhaps they don’t have the votes and that’s why we’re being treated to their hysterics.
Whatever happens with Kavanaugh, we should send these holdovers a message that their time’s up. Here’s a good one I heard the other day. Someone said that women in positions of power, particularly young women, and especially young women of color, are a very visible sign of change.
I agree. Let’s elect some more women to the Senate, and re-elect those there.
— @subirgrewal