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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

10/5/18 A&G Hr. 2 The Cloture Vote

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

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🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We await the cloture vote during this episode of A&G. While Senate leaders offer their statements on the Kavanaugh confirmation, Jack & Joe sum-up the insanity that has surrounded the confirmation process.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think it's important to remember why we're here today.

0:19.8

We're here to determine whether Judge Cabinot has demonstrated the impartiality, the temperament,

0:27.5

the even-handiness that's needed to serve on this great high court of our land.

0:33.9

If confirmed, he will join eight other individuals who are charged with deciding how the laws

0:39.5

of our land are interpreted and applied.

0:42.9

He would be a deciding vote on the most important issues affecting our country and every American

0:52.0

for generations to come.

0:54.8

And some of the reason that is the case is because the legislature does not do their

0:59.2

job.

1:00.2

That is correct.

1:01.2

We've been discussing for the last couple of weeks.

1:03.3

An alert listener sent us this graph and I realize this is radio.

1:06.9

I'll try to explain it.

1:08.1

It's a graph of the severity of the allegation against Cabinot allegations over time from

1:17.1

the spring, I guess, of 2018 till the current time.

1:23.0

The bottom half of the graph is also labeled bad reasons to stop a confirmation and the

1:27.9

top half is no corroborating evidence, but it started very low on the severity scale

1:32.8

with he's a conservative.

1:35.2

And remember the day of his nomination, many Senate Democrats said we're not going to

1:40.2

vote for him because he's a conservative.

1:43.8

Then there was the baseball debt question.

1:46.8

On June the 12th came in went quickly.

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