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    Democrats considered mass walkout from Kavanaugh hearing but settled on disruption: r

    Democrats considered mass walkout from Kavanaugh hearing but settled on disruption: report

    By Lukas Mikelionis | Fox News
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    New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Democrats reportedly considered staging a mass walkout during the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but feared such move would only give ammunition to Republicans.

    Politico, citing unnamed sources, reported that during a Labor Day conference call, Democratic senators debated whether to walk out in protest of the Republican opposition to the release of millions of pages of missing Kavanaugh documents.

    But the party’s top lawmakers ultimately decided against such course of action, in part fearing the backlash from a made-for-TV moment that would only help the Republican Party, and impede any chances to stop the nomination of Kavanaugh, the report said.

    Senate Democrats urge delay of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing; Shannon Bream reports.

    The consideration of such drastic move revealed a split between the party’s more liberal wing, who wish to stop the confirmation of Kavanaugh by all means necessary, and more senior Democrats, who believe the nomination should be defeated only by following rules and norms.

    The Democrats ultimately come to a compromise – a disruptive and chaotic hearing, Politico reported.

    Younger Democrats, such as California Sen. Kamal Harris, hijacked the Tuesday’s hearing almost as soon as it started and urged the committee to delay the hearing amid protests by liberal activists, some of whom were arrested.

    On 'The Story,' White House principal deputy press secretary says Democrats are not taking the Kavanaugh confirmation process seriously.

    Harris received praise for her defiance of the chamber’s norms. “This was a big step forward, and Kamala Harris showed real leadership by going first in interrupting the hearing. Now we need other Democrats who aren't on the committee to speak up and oppose this nominee, too,” Brian Fallon, director of Demand Justice, an anti-Kavanaugh group, told the outlet.

    By not staging a walkout, however, Democrats also allowed themselves to become part of the process and grill Kavanaugh in the upcoming hearings, hoping to mobilize opposition to his candidacy.

    “If I thought that there was a way that we could stop the hearings from proceeding, I would participate in that. But the hearings are going to proceed. And therefore, we are there to do our job,” Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, told Politico.

    Republican lawmaker from Texas goes on 'Fox News @ Night' to react to the fiery Supreme Court nominee confirmation hearings.

    “We considered a lot of different options yesterday. This was the agreed approach,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin. “It really singles this hearing out as something unusual.”

    The obstructionist tactics, while will sure boost some lawmakers’ reputations among the increasingly liberal base, may still backfire when it comes to the confirmation of Kavanaugh.

    Democrats ultimately need to convince moderate Republicans to vote against Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowsi, one of the swing votes that could stop the nomination, dismissed the Tuesday’s protests as “a lot of drama,” according to the outlet.

    Still, Democrats haven’t ruled out a boycott or walkout of Kavanaugh hearings, Politico reported. A group of combative Democrats reportedly met in the office of Durbin to talk about future strategy concerning the Supreme Court nomination.

    Lukas Mikelionis is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @LukasMikelionis.

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    Grassley did a great job yesterday. It was a very difficult situation with the spectators hollering and screaming and the Democrat members of the committee calling out and interrupting. Quite a chaotic circus and Grassley would just either talk over them or usually listen and then calmly say, "you're out of order" and go forward.

    I was very proud of the Republicans who one and all came across as sound-minded, professional, informed, on the correct side of the rules and process, and the day ended well with 70 arrests of the loud-mouth disruptors, fulfillment of the day's schedule even though extended due to the spectacle by almost 2 hours, and a clear defeat of the Democrat members resistance and attempts to cancel the hearing.

    It was also informative about Judge Kavanaugh. He really is a great nominee for the US Supreme Court.
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    Part of me thinks Grassley and the Republicans allowed the trouble makers in to show the WHOLE world who they really are. Linda Sarasor was in there too stirring it up. I heard 26 arrests?

    The Democrats are rude, inconsiderate and a down right embarrassment to this country. So disrespectful to a Judge, a nominee for the Supreme Court. They have truly gone so low...they are in the gutter!



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    Oh, Fox is reporting 70 arrests, maybe not all were booked with charges, don't know. Fox reported 70 were arrested and hauled out of the building. DC courts of course will let them all go, I'm sure. But they'll still have an arrest on their records.
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