As Twitchy told you, Lisa Murkowski offered up a horrendous excuse for voting against ending debate on Brett Kavanaugh.
MURKOWSKI: "I made—took the very very difficult vote that I did. I believe that Brett Kavanaugh is a good man, I believe that he is a good man, it just may be that in my view he’s not the right man for the court at this time."
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 5, 2018
Commentary’s Noah Rothman was one of many who pointed out an obvious flaw in Murkowski’s reasoning:
The problem is, by ratifying this tactic and establishing the precedent that all but unsupported accusations from childhood can sink a candidate, you'll never get another conservative jurist on the Court again. But it's nice that she thinks he's a "good man," I guess. https://t.co/ZjuTs1Ostd
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 5, 2018
And then “Death of Expertise” author and outspoken Trump critic (in the Evan McMullin vein) Tom Nichols crapped out this little nugget:
He disqualified himself. What the Dems did was awful. What he did was worse. https://t.co/f32YJOzjPO
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 5, 2018
Wow. From deep within her lair, Jennifer Rubin is kicking herself for not making such an awful point that concisely.
You've got to be kidding me.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 5, 2018
Dead serious.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 5, 2018
Add that to the long list of things you’re wrong about, Tom. Because you’re clearly not a serious person.
Disagree. He was fighting for his integrity. You would have done the same.
— Marty Tantum (@martytantum) October 5, 2018
Not sure about that. Tom doesn’t seem to have any integrity to fight for.
Wrong. https://t.co/9OPbXIfE6X
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) October 5, 2018
That's a nutty take
— Athena (@SoCalViews) October 5, 2018
Narrator: It was not worse
— Jake R. (@jaker1419) October 5, 2018
Jesus. Who hurt you?
— Treasurer of the “Keg City Club” (@c13489) October 5, 2018
Something happened to him.
What he did was worse? That is ridiculous. This cannot be a serious tweet. ??
— Rachel? (@loveof_horror) October 5, 2018
What, exactly, did he do to disqualify himself?
— Chuck Vipperman (@ChuckVipperman) October 5, 2018
What he did was not worse.
You can even think it's disqualifying b/c you hold high standards for the Court, but that Dems did here was the most grotesque thing I've seen in politics in my adult life.— PoliMath (@politicalmath) October 5, 2018
That comparative assessment is insane. Even if you think he should not be confirmed based on his testimony.
— Jeremy Senderowicz (@jsende) October 5, 2018
Even if you think that his testimony at the hearing in response to being smeared was disqualifying, the idea that such a reaction is worse than the actual partisan smear campaign and process violations is insane and ridiculous. Cc: @NoahCRothman
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 5, 2018
“Falsely accusing someone of rape, gang rape, and running a gang rape ring in high school is awful, but getting mad at people for falsely accusing you of rape, gang rape, and running a gang rape ring in high school is way worse.” – Tom
Unnnnnnfolllllowwwwww
— Aubrey Bear (@NotReallyABear2) October 5, 2018
The "I can't believe Kavanaugh defended himself in the way he did when his life was ruined after being accused of gang rape" argument is the absolute worst. https://t.co/kwEBIBAscI
— Caleb SkHull ??? (@CalebJHull) October 5, 2018
This take is hot, nuclear garbage and you deserve the vitriol.
— The Purple Pilgrim (@Purple_Pilgrim8) October 5, 2018
"Expert analysis" is admitting a man was smeared with false accusations of gang rape but saying defending himself was worse than the smear https://t.co/0v9cWnEsCr
— Sam (@Sam_5thEstate) October 5, 2018
Funny how defending your name and being angry at the ppl smearing and lying about you while your daughter and wife are being harassed and threatened is worse than the ppl actually lying and smearing you.
The death of expertise indeed
— Mujahed (@kebejay) October 5, 2018
But, he's an "expert," Jay.
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) October 5, 2018
Expertise died, alright. But as @instapundit
rightly noted, it was by suicide, not murder.— Yali Elkin (@yalielkin) October 5, 2018
Hope your new cocktail party playmates appreciate you.
— TFC3Tweets (@TFC3Tweets) October 5, 2018
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