There have been a lot of really bad takes on Brett Kavanaugh, but these two from MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ABC News’ Matthew Dowd have to be two of the dumbest ones we’ve seen yet.
First up, here’s Hayes saying that it’s no big deal that Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual assault and he can just going back to living his best life, like “Merrill” Garland (he means Merrick, of course):
The penalty that Kavanaugh is facing here, in the wake of allegation of attempted rape, is not getting a Supreme Court seat. It’s literally the same penalty already imposed on Merrill Garland for the crime of…being nominated by a Democrat.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 18, 2018
This is what you kindly call “pure nonsense,” but it’s way worse than that:
This is pure nonsense. "It's okay to be accused of attempted rape if the only thing that happens is you lose a job," is a disgusting thing to say, Chris.
Criminal justice reform, they said. Fairness, they said. (They're really just poseurs on this stuff.) https://t.co/B3AVBWE4CL
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) September 18, 2018
And he’s not even correct. Everyone on the Left was pretty psyched for Hillary to nominate someone to Garland’s left:
Recommended
That conservatives are letting liberals rewrite this story is a real shame. Democrats did not fight for Garland because Hillary was a sure thing and they'd get someone better. You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. https://t.co/JNw7ZT9jNn
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) September 18, 2018
Which brings us to Matthew Dowd, who thinks Kavanaugh should withdraw and President Trump can then nominate Merrick Garland instead in some sort of kumbaya gesture to unite America:
Here is one step to heal the country: President Trump withdraws the Kavanaugh nomination, and substitutes Merrick Garland instead. Since gop went out of their way to say Garland and kavanaugh sided together 90% of the time, then they should have no problem.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) September 18, 2018
Again, more “nonsense”:
This is nonsense that would only make the left happy. Elections have consequences, the American people elected @realDonaldTrump in big part because of promise to appoint conservative judges who stick to the constitution. https://t.co/HbbTfAKKy2
— Boris Epshteyn (@BorisEP) September 18, 2018
This sums it up:
Clown https://t.co/ffWMXLrfQG
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 18, 2018
Yeah, we’re laughing, too:
??????????? https://t.co/CKFJfzLyky
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) September 18, 2018
***
Related:
'FRIGHTENING': Matthew Dowd offers up the 'dumbest & most DANGEROUS' take on Kavanaugh-Ford https://t.co/euAvPxJVtm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 17, 2018
Oh HONEY that’s just SAD! Kamala Harris is the LAST person who should talk about THIS when it comes to Kavanaugh https://t.co/qEOaYKm6Cr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 18, 2018
THREAD==> WaPost's Robert Costa on what's going on behind the scenes with Republicans and Brett Kavanaugh https://t.co/0xi4orIbo5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 18, 2018
Join the conversation as a VIP Member