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Attention to whats going on at the border and whats going on in some of these sun belt states where they are taking green cardholders and people who have been -- who are newer citizens and taking them off the scrolls, this is really important for a larger republican agenda to remove people who could potentially be adversaries to them. so i think all these things are also interconnected. i think many republicans realize that the house may be gone and they are a bit worried because the house is th...

I think chrstine blasey ford equited herself extraordinarily well and she was believable and she was credible. as we knew going into this, it was going to be a question of who appears to be more credible to the senators. we are not voting. they are voting. you think that kavanaugh wears the robe and justice on the supreme court? >> i do. i think this was a hinge in history. i think that we will look back on this day. this day. right now today and say this is where the composition of the court wa...

My deep suspicion that senator feinstein was in consultation with the minority leader chuck schumer of new york. they thought this was the only possible longshot way they had of derailing this nomination. derailing what will be the fifth vote that could undermine roe v. wade, something that they feel so profoundly and i am also pro-choice. i understood the implications of judge kavanaughs ascension to the high court. they had a bad hand to play but they played it brilliantly and they held the le...

At the time and is very much open about the fact that she was drinking at the time way back when, three decades ago, you know, maybe there is a growing discussion about whether it might be beneficial to have her. who knows? but i think the key thing to remember is they want to do this quickly, they want to do this as simply as possible and bringing her into it would certainly not achieve that goal. >> if they dont get kavanaugh then there is uncertainty about when and how this confirmation might...

Minorities in the house of representatives for democrats make up something like 32% and 42% of lawmakers in the house respectively. we have seen how women and minorities have been rushing it in elections this cycle. it is no secret because of that that congress will look more diverse after november. i dont think that means well be a gender parity. but at least on the democratic side, we could expect it to be more loose and more women. >> it will be interesting to see that composition and whether...

Wave because women as voters and candidates are crucial to this midterm election southbound cycle. >> so to that effect, how confident are they that the surge in female candidates will translate into widespread wins for democrats and more importantly for some of the key issues that they are fighting for. >> weve had a gender gap in voting in the presidential election since 1980. in polls this cycle alone, we have seen democrats leading among women voters by an average of 20 percentage points. so...

Actually just withdraw his own nomination. we have you have the governor of alaska giving murkowski cover, i think hes going to back out. >> is this a double edged sword for the gop or make an argument there is, as kellyanne conway put it today, a vast left wing conspiracy, and would that help at the polls? enthusiasm for the gop is up according to the latest poll. >> they can try, i dont think it will work. placing him on the court is so worthwhile and important to conservatives, that it is wor...

Were there for anita hill. i can see why they want a women. democrats are saying, why not have a woman on the judiciary committee? it reminds the american people the composition on their side of the aisle hasnt changed in 30 years as well. >> well, if its about who is asking the questions, i would love to know how brett kavanaugh would respond when asked what a triangle stands for? we have to move on. the trump administration announcing a plan to make it harder for illegal immigrants and those s...

Court nominations lisa graves, and also ceo and president of the national womens law center, fatima voss graves. thank you both for being here. youve seen the composition of those who sit on the senate judiciary committee and the ranking republicans do want to have representation to potentially ask questions of dr. ford. on the left you can see the democrats on the same panel, and you can see that there are four women as part of the senators that are representing the democrats on the senate judi...

Historians minds when they look back not too long ago, and the composition of the republican members of the senate judiciary committee, and we have a picture of that, and then you take a look at also the composition of the democrats on this committee, and you see very different fabrics, shall we say of those who might be asking. of note, grassley and i believe hatch were also on the senate judiciary committee back in the day when anita hill was giving testimony. you can see the faces here on the...