As Twitchy has been reporting all day Thursday, Sen. Cory Booker seemed to be risking his very Senate seat by breaking the rules and insisting on releasing “committee confidential” documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing Thursday morning.
However, that narrative was busted pretty quickly when it was revealed that the documents had already been cleared for release when he pulled his stunt for the 2020 campaign ads, and reporters are confirming that Booker knew full well they’d been cleared.
Talking Points Memo decided to run interference for Booker by insisting that Booker’s Spartacus moment had devolved into a “dumb fight” over how the documents got released.
The extremely consequential SCOTUS hearing is turning into a dumb fight over how documents got released https://t.co/xYXdnRBUhl pic.twitter.com/0KpaHAtOe6
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 6, 2018
You can hear the nails digging into the leg of the TPM author who had to write this…
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) September 6, 2018
Boy, that sure doesn’t square with Booker’s theatrics, but please, tell us more:
A Booker spokesperson said that he and Democrats were able ” to shame the committee into agreeing to make last night’s documents publicly available.”
“Cory publicly released those documents as well as other committee confidential documents today. And he’ll keep releasing them because Republicans are hiding Brett Kavanaugh’s record from the American people,” the spokesperson, Kristin Lynch said.
Ah, so maybe he wasn’t putting his job on the line by breaking the rules, but he did “shame the committee” into clearing the documents … or so his spokesperson says.
This is just like when those breathlessly pushing the story of Zina Bash flashing a white power signal during the hearings deleted those tweets and encouraged Democrats to let it go and not lose focus on the real issues. Gotta watch out for those “distractions.”
How bad has the narrative become for Democrats? This bad. https://t.co/7SYqkt8uay
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 6, 2018
Yes, Democrats are incredibly dumb.
— JWF (@JammieWF) September 6, 2018
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. https://t.co/uFDgOMHjVZ
— Cranky Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 6, 2018
Democrats screw up important things, film at 11. https://t.co/XhxzMFOgbm
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) September 6, 2018
Pushed by a group that announced they wouldn’t vote for the nominee regardless. #clownshoes
— freedom ≠ loophole (@Dr_2A) September 6, 2018
@TheDemocrats gonna @TheDemocrats.#Clowns https://t.co/5MdR99EoSq
— Jon McC (@fatdaddybulldog) September 6, 2018
Narrator: The hearings are inconsequential and Kavanaugh will be confirmed regardless of the left's histrionics.
— zone of danger (@mr_bovine_jonie) September 6, 2018
This hearing will change nothing. It’s only purpose is to give some Democrats an opportunity to grandstand. How is it consequential at all?
— Karl Crary (@Crary76) September 6, 2018
Justice Kavanaugh.
Say his name.
— JWF (@JammieWF) September 6, 2018
Related:
'Keeps getting WORSE'! Journo confronts Cory Booker about 'Spartacus' stunt and what fresh hell is THIS? https://t.co/s0KCxwh0s5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2018
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