MSNBC: Trump Judicial Nominee Withdraws Name After Disastrous Hearing

‘White House has now confirmed that Peterson has withdrawn his name from consideration yesterday’

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BRZEZINSKI: "White House has now confirmed that Peterson has withdrawn his name from consideration yesterday." 
SCARBOROUGH: "The UFO is here and turns up like this." 
BRZEZINSKI: "Kennedy had this to say about the exchange. "
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KENNEDY: "Just because you’ve seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn’t qualify you to be a federal judge. And he has no litigation experience, and my job on the judiciary Committee is to catch him —" 
REPORTER: "So he’s not going to be a judge?" 
KENNEDY: "I would strongly suggest he not give up his day job. He has told me, he said, 'Kennedy, when some of my guys send somebody over there who’s not qualified, you do your job.'" 
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