#ELB: Ed Whelan’s Spectacular Fail https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101243
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The Politico report is full of denials that people knew what Whelan was up to but admits "at least one Republican member" of Senate Judiciary Committee "and that member told associates he was aware Whelan’s theory involved the home of a Kavanaugh classmate ...:
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I take "member" to mean Senator here, though perhaps it is staff. But what about Leonard Leo and
@JCNSeverino ? And what of Kavanaugh himself, who seemed to suggest the misidentity theory to Senator Hatch last week?Show this thread -
These are all questions that Democrats should ask at the next hearing of other Republican Senators and of J. Kavanaugh himself (should this hearing actually take place---I'm increasingly dubious it will given this epic fail and the desperation the Whelan theory evinces)
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And now
@howappealing reporting that Justice Scalia's son,@cjscalia, was working at this PR firm, at least as of May 2018 https://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2018/09/21/#81929 …Show this thread -
(Here was the last time I tangled with
@cjscalia: https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1037785672331874304 …)Show this thread -
Thinking that the PR firm behind the smear on the Kavanaugh classmate being the ones who literally invented Swift Boating will be too on the nose for the producers. Let's get that back to rewrite for something more believable.
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I think Chris Scalia works there, too.
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see further down the thread
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I love how the reporter is just pretending like she wasn’t the main person fluffing this story yesterday! Beat-sweetening like that shows a real future for Elaina Johnson.pic.twitter.com/N5RXYPKtqd
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We don't need any more, cough, cough, "fine Catholics" on SCOTUS!
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Every day in the past 2 years we collectively ask ourselves- how low can these despicable people go? And yet- here we go again- another notch down the bottomless pit of no shame and blatant deplorability.
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@SenSasse your party is garbage. I'm wondering (again) why this morning you woke up and decided (again) to stay?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Who hired the firm!
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Yep...follow the money.
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Who paid that firm? They should demand their money back!
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Ed Whelan is Scotty from Boogie Nights after he tried to ambush Dirk with a kiss, got rejected, and started muttering “I’m a f-ing idiot” after rejection.
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Kavanaugh had to be aware of this.
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This has to be over now..
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