Fox & Friends attacks Senate Democrats for conducting oversight for Trump's Supreme Court nominee
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From the September 4 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): So, you've heard that Democrats are saying we can't start this hearing because we don't have all the documents. And, in fact, this administration has said they're going to withhold over 100,000 documents, claiming executive privilege. However, they are making them available to senators to view up on Capitol Hill in a secure room, because the Democrats have said we've got to look at all that stuff. As of yesterday, according to The Wall Street Journal, not a single Democrat had showed up to actually look at the documents. So how serious are they really about seeing that stuff, or -- do they want to see the paper, or is it all about politics?
AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Well, I think they're looking for some reason not to confirm him. [Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman] Chuck Grassley said that he was “perhaps the most qualified person ever nominated to the Supreme Court.” If you look at his record, he's brilliant, went to Yale, Yale Law School, has 12 years of experience on the U.S. Court of Appeals. But Democrats are trying to highlight some of his arguments, some of his opinions, and making this the talking point, any reason they can find to find to delay it.
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Right, he's got over 300 opinions, so there's a lot there. He also played a role in the independent counsel investigation with Ken Starr. You know that's going to come up quite often. They're also going to talk about what he did in terms of for George W. Bush, which a lot of the archives say, hey, you know what, that's got to be secret. In fact, George W. Bush's attorney played a role in what documents did indeed get released.
But, you just know how inflammatory it's going to get when [Sen.] Cory Booker is already on the record a few weeks ago saying a vote for Brett Kavanaugh is a vote for evil. Oh, thanks, that's a guy that's open to an honest and fair debate.
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