Red state Democratic Senators, especially those up for re-election this fall, aren’t exactly giving Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) their full-throated support to stop President Trump’s Supreme Court pick. (New York Post)
Several said they were determined to make up their own minds as they weigh the political consequences back home before deciding whether to support Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
“I’ll be 71 years old in August, you’re going to whip me? Kiss my you know what,” West Virginia’s Sen. Joe Manchin told Politico.
Schumer faces intense pressure from the left to thwart Trump’s nominee, who would move the court to the right and, critics fear, threaten Roe v. Wade and LGBTQ rights.
But Schumer also has six vulnerable members in his caucus from red and purple states up for re-election this fall.
To defeat Kavanaugh’s nomination, Schumer has to keep all 49 Democrats in line and convince at least one GOP senator to switch sides.
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