As we told you last night, Sen. Cory Booker unleashed a tweetstorm against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh including this hot-take that “Kavanaugh believes that a President should not be subject to civil litigation or criminal investigation while in office”:
The fact that Kavanaugh believes that a President should not be subject to civil litigation or criminal investigation while in office means that Trump just nominated a justice who has already reached conclusions on these serious questions. That should raise enormous red flags.
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) July 10, 2018
This has quickly become one of the favorite lefty talking points. From Sen. Dick Durbin, for example:
https://twitter.com/eschor/status/1016515351289483265
And it was all over MSNBC last night as well:
It was the prevailing theme on both Maddow & Lawrence O’Donnell’s shows https://t.co/PcSpAyM8Zo
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 10, 2018
And now for the explainer from attorney Gabriel Malor who explained that “Kavenaugh’s argument was that *Congress* should enact legislation to insulate presidents from litigation while in office.” More importantly, Kavanaugh “didn’t write that the courts could do it”:
Like so many commentators, Klein fails to explain to his readers that Kavenaugh's argument was that *Congress* should enact legislation to insulate presidents from litigation while in office.
He didn't write that the courts could do it. https://t.co/IkFI0nUhPw
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 10, 2018
In Kavanaugh’s own words:
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Kavanaugh wrote after the Clinton investigation that the law should be changed so presidents can focus on their jobs while in office.
To that end, he suggested that Congress change the law: pic.twitter.com/AEA0vdwq1l
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 10, 2018
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Related:
So he's HONEST? Law and Crime's thread about Kavanaugh allegedly calling Hillary the 'b-word' is HILARIOUS https://t.co/60F2IfJ57y
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
Cory Booker hits every Dem talking point in his rejection of swampy SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh https://t.co/WwqgxWOpmz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
'HYPOCRITE'! Cory Booker's take on Maxine Waters' nasty rhetoric is a HOT MESS https://t.co/1bHiymdxiK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 25, 2018
FEMZILLA Joy Behar totally FLIPS OUT over Kavanaugh on The View, calls him a 'quieter Judge Jeanine' https://t.co/KUShm4qs4q
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
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