Krauthammer: JFK Would Be a Conservative if He Were Around Today

Krauthammer on Fox & Friends: Kennedy Would Be a ‘Conservative’ Today (Mediaite)

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer sat down with Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade on Friday where he asserted his belief that vulnerable Democrats in Congress, not Republicans, would do the work of undermining the Affordable Care Act until it is no longer sustainable. During that wide-ranging interview, Krauthammer also observed that, had President John F. Kennedy lived, he would be so far to the right of the modern Democrats that he may have felt more at home in the Republican Party.

Kilmeade opened the interview by asking Krauthammer about the Senate Democrats’ move to limit the ability to filibuster judicial nominees. “For them, this is a short term gain and it’s a huge long-term risk,” Krauthammer said. “They’re likely to lose the Senate next year. I think they’re also likely to lose the White House in 2016.

He went on to say that Republicans do not plan to limit this to judicial nominees alone and will push to approve Supreme Court nominees by simple majority vote as well. Krauthammer said Democrats would “rue the day” they decided to use the nuclear option.