Texas Sen. Ted Cruz finally snapped during the Democrats endless political theater in the opening round of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate hearing on Tuesday.
Cruz said that liberal lawmaker’s constant interruptions were a clear attempt to “distract and delay” the confirmation of Kavanaugh… and Democrats actions were a “joke” that proved they were more interested in “re-litigating” the 2016 presidential election than actually helping America move forward.
Tuesday, Democratic senators waited only seconds into Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s opening statement at the confirmation hearing before interrupting.
Right on cue, scores of liberal protesters jumped up from their seats and began shouting one-by-one until they were arrested and removed from the room. After numerous needless delays, Cruz finally had enough.
Finally taking control of the room, Cruz wasted no time. “The multiple motions we’ve seen from Democrats demanding we ‘delay this confirmation, delay this confirmation’ — that reveals the whole joke! Their objective is delay,” Cruz said.
“So what is this fight about? If it’s not about documents… if it’s not about Judge Kavanaugh’s credentials… if it’s not about his judicial record, then what is this fight about? I believe this fight is nothing more — and nothing less — than an attempt by colleagues to re-litigate the 2016 presidential election,” Cruz continued.
“2016 was a hard-fought election all around. It was the first presidential election in 60 years where Americans went to the polls with a vacant seat on the Supreme Court. One that the next president would fill. Americans knew who had been on that seat: The late Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the greatest jurist ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court,” Cruz said.
“And it was the first time since President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reelection campaign that a Supreme Court seat was directly on the ballot. Both candidates knew the importance of the vacant Supreme Court seat, and it was a major issue of contention in the election.”
“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were both clear about what kind of justices and judges they would appoint,” Cruz told the audience, “During all three presidential debates, both candidates were asked what qualities were most important to them when selecting a Supreme Court justice.”
That’s when he dropped a bombshell about the truth behind Democrats objections.
“Secretary Clinton’s answer was clear,” Cruz explained. “She wanted a justice who would be a liberal progressive willing to rewrite the Constitution. Willing to impose liberal policy agendas that she could not get through the democratic process. That the Congress of the United States would not adopt – but that she hoped five unelected lawyers would force on the American people. That’s what Hillary Clinton promised for her judicial nominees.”
Trump gave a different answer, and promised to elect a constitutional defender, Cruz said.
“The American people made a choice that night. Now, my Democratic colleagues are not happy with the choice of American people made. But, as President Obama said: Elections have consequences,” Cruz said.
“This Democratic Party obstruction is all about trying to reverse that election!” Cruz said.
“We know that every Democratic member of this committee is going to vote ‘no,” Cruz later concluded. “We don’t have to speculate… They publicly announced they are voting ‘no.’ Doesn’t depend on what they read in documents and what Judge Kavanaugh says in this hearing.”
“This is about Democratic senators trying to re-litigate the 2016 election and — just as importantly — work to begin litigating the 2020 presidential election. We had an opportunity for the American people to speak and they did. They voted in 2016 and they wanted judges and justices who will be faithful to the Constitution.”
Amen!