The Conservative Divide Over Kavanaugh
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🗓️ 25 September 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:25.6 | From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. |
| 0:32.6 | This is the Daily. |
| 0:35.6 | Today, conservatives have been deeply divided about how to respond to allegations of sexual |
| 0:47.6 | assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. |
| 0:51.1 | Why that's starting to change? |
| 0:58.1 | It's Tuesday, September 25th. |
| 1:08.7 | Ross, before these allegations emerged against him, was there anything that essentially |
| 1:13.6 | all conservatives agreed on when it comes to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh? |
| 1:18.7 | They all agreed that he should be confirmed. |
| 1:20.7 | I think is the most reasonable way to put it. |
| 1:24.6 | Ross Douthen is an opinion columnist for the times. |
| 1:27.8 | Conservatives basically spent decades winning presidential elections, appointing Supreme |
| 1:34.0 | Court justices, and then being really disappointed with how those justices ruled. |
| 1:39.7 | Conservatives basically spent a period starting in the 70s and 80s trying to build a kind |
| 1:46.6 | of intellectual project that was associated famously with the Federalist Society to ensure |
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