WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) participated in the second round of questioning by Senate Judiciary Committee members during hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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02:46 – “I would like to thank the Capitol Police officers who are working mandatory 16-hour shifts during these hearings. It is difficult for people in the room to see the work that they are doing, but the complex operation they are undertaking to keep us, as well as those exercising their First Amendment rights, safe is extraordinary.”
04:06 – “It is obvious Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are at an impasse over your nomination, but it did not start this week during the hearings. It started before you were even nominated, because there are people on the other side of the aisle, including in this committee, who opposed your nomination on a fill-in-the-blank basis. They already made their decision before they saw the first document and they weren’t going to change their mind.”
06:36 – “Last night, a request was made by a member of this committee to release files that were deemed confidential by the committee. Our staff stayed up all night complying with the request, and this morning every member of this committee received notification that these files were cleared for public viewing. Every member of this committee had sufficient time to find out these files were released without the theatrics that happened in this chamber today. People didn’t need to be Spartacus, they didn’t have to invoke civil disobedience, because they got what they wanted. What happened today reminds me of something I am more likely to see at the Kennedy Center, but not really appropriate for what we are doing here.”
11:19 – “I don’t understand how someone with your track record can be viewed in such a divisive way. I don’t see how someone who has clearly judged on both sides of the issues, sometimes making Republicans mad and sometimes making Democrats mad, can be treated the way you have been treated. I think if we go back and examine it, this has been a political exercise more than anything else, and I think you should be very proud of your record as a judge.”
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