Roll Call’s Todd Ruger: Dems ‘Trying Every Strategy’ to Obstruct Kavanaugh

DICK So let s ░░░░░░░░ a little bit about ░░░░░░░░ week One thing that ░░░░░░░░ noticed is that kind ░░░░░░░░ quietly Democrats had been ░░░░░░░░ boycotting Kavanaugh like not ░░░░░░░░ with him when he ░░░░░░░░ his rounds around Capitol ░░░░░░░░ except for people in ░░░░░░░░ races like Heidi Heitkamp ░░░░░░░░ Manchin and Joe Donnelly ░░░░░░░░ week all of a ░░░░░░░░ that sort of the ░░░░░░░░ burst a little bit ░░░░░░░░ he met with Chuck ░░░░░░░░ the Minority Leader he ░░░░░░░░ with Kamala Harris who ░░░░░░░░ on the Judiciary Committee ░░░░░░░░ is a California Democrat ░░░░░░░░ he also met with ░░░░░░░░ Klobuchar who s also ░░░░░░░░ the Judiciary Committee and ░░░░░░░░ Minnesota Democrat Also Kloubchar ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris are usually ░░░░░░░░ come up in discussions ░░░░░░░░ 2020 presidential campaign contenders ░░░░░░░░ this was a bit ░░░░░░░░ felt like a turning ░░░░░░░░ Was that your am ░░░░░░░░ offer a little bit ░░░░░░░░ there RUGER Well I ░░░░░░░░ what the Democrats are ░░░░░░░░ is trying every strategy ░░░░░░░░ can to get in ░░░░░░░░ way of Kavanaugh or ░░░░░░░░ Kavanaugh delay Kavanaugh find ░░░░░░░░ everything they can about ░░░░░░░░ searching for these documents ░░░░░░░░ might give them the ░░░░░░░░ nugget that lets you ░░░░░░░░ somebody like Susan Collins ░░░░░░░░ Lisa Murkowski two Republicans ░░░░░░░░ you know they re ░░░░░░░░ their votes as possible ░░░░░░░░ votes They re just ░░░░░░░░ everything they can and ░░░░░░░░ is part of it ░░░░░░░░ of the holdout was ░░░░░░░░ wanted to request through ░░░░░░░░ Judiciary Committee as many ░░░░░░░░ as they could get ░░░░░░░░ Kavanaugh s time in ░░░░░░░░ White House He worked ░░░░░░░░ a White House Counsel ░░░░░░░░ a year and then ░░░░░░░░ worked as a staff ░░░░░░░░ And Chuck Grassley the ░░░░░░░░ Committee Chairman hadn t ░░░░░░░░ hadn t asked for ░░░░░░░░ staff secretary documents and ░░░░░░░░ s you know tens ░░░░░░░░ thousands if not hundreds ░░░░░░░░ thousands of those documents ░░░░░░░░ so they held out ░░░░░░░░ meeting with Kavanaugh saying ░░░░░░░░ re going to hold ░░░░░░░░ until we get these ░░░░░░░░ Then it kind of ░░░░░░░░ clear that that wasn ░░░░░░░░ going to work so ░░░░░░░░ they relented and then ░░░░░░░░ We re going to ░░░░░░░░ with him and press ░░░░░░░░ on documents So it ░░░░░░░░ another they get a ░░░░░░░░ headlines out of not ░░░░░░░░ with him then they ░░░░░░░░ some headlines out of ░░░░░░░░ with him And that ░░░░░░░░ just all part of ░░░░░░░░ to do whatever they ░░░░░░░░