Commence The Countdown! McConnell Says Kavanaugh WILL Be Confirmed By This Date…

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE END OF TIMES COMMENCES!

McConnell has said Kavanaugh WILL be confirmed by October 1st…

The first day of the Supreme Court’s next term.

“This cannot beeeee! WE MUST KNIT HATS!” -unhinged liberals across the country.

According to Daily Wire:

Mitch McConnell is not wasting any time getting President Donald Trump’s latest Supreme Court pick confirmed.

The Senate Majority Leader was in his home state of Kentucky on Friday, where he told reporters he expects a vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination by Oct. 1, the first day of the Supreme Court’s next term.

“The timetable typically for recent Supreme Court justices, if we stuck to that timetable and I intend to, would give us an opportunity to get this new justice on the court by the first of October,” McConnell said.

LET’S DO IT!

Kavanaugh still needs to face a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which McConnell predicted would occur in late August or early September. The chair of that committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, however, hasn’t given a specific date for the hearing. The committee sent Kavanaugh a list of questions and forms on a host of issues, including his previous rulings and statements, his health and financial assets, and employment history. Grassley said he submitted the forms after a discussion with the committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

“As is the committee’s practice for questionnaires of Supreme Court nominees, these documents have been customized to include sections relevant to the nominee’s own experiences,” a Judiciary Committee aide said. “This questionnaire seeks certain information related to the nominee’s service in the Office of Independent Counsel, work on the 2000 presidential campaign and Florida recount, and time as a law school professor.”

Send out your Save the Dates, Grassley! We’re ready to get this show on the road!

Trump’s previous Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, was nominated on January 31, 2017 and confirmed on April 7 – a little over two months later. Justice Elena Kagan, who was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, was confirmed on Aug. 6, 2010 – nearly three months later. So the quick turnaround from Kavanaugh’s nomination to confirmation is not out of the ordinary.

I guarantee, however, that we will witness “out of the ordinary” meltdowns.

You just wait.

The Democrats need EVERY Democrat, plus a Republican to vote AGAINST Kavanaugh…

One Democratic Senator has already told Chuck Schumer to kiss his “you know what” so um… we’ll see how that goes.

Three Senate Democrats up for re-election voted for Gorsuch in April – Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

These Dems face having to choose between re-election and the undying scorn of Chuck and Nancy.

Have fun with that, folks.

Three Republican senators claim to be on the fence about Kavanaugh, though Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska did not voice any concerns about the nominee at a GOP conference meeting on Wednesday. Republicans may have to worry about Rand Paul of Kentucky, the third undecided vote, because a single GOP defection could end Kavanaugh’s chances, as Republicans have only 50 voting senators due to Sen. John McCain’s absence (he is in Arizona being treated for brain cancer).

The fact that McCain is sitting this one out instead of FREAKING RETIRING makes me SO. EFFING. ANGRY.

The people of Arizona (that includes me!) only get one vote on this. Because McCain is a selfish POS.

Anyway…

Republicans only need a simple majority after having removed the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, following the precedent set by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who removed the filibuster from lower court nominees under Obama.

So thanks for that, Harry!