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SIREN: Sen. Jeff Flake wants to postpone vote on Brett Kavanaugh; Update: Statement from Sen. Corker

Liberals are targeting Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in the hope of delaying a vote on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh until more information is known about these new allegations by Christine Blasey Ford…but…

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…But, it could be that retiring Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona is the key:

He just announced that a vote on Kavanaugh should be postponed “until we hear more”:

We can add Sen. Bob Corker, who is also retiring, to the list of Republican who can delay Kavanaugh’s vote:

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FWIW, Sen. Lindsey Graham said he is open to hearing more from Ford:

And it sounds like Sen. Chuck Grassley, who as Chairman of the Judicial Committee controls all of this, is working with Sen. Dianne Feinstein to make that happen:

Update. From Susan Collins:

Update 2: From Sen. Corker:

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Editor’s note: This post has been updated.

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