security of these justices because this only seems to be escalating. appreciate your time, sir. thank you very much. thank you. john: sandra, bring in wyoming republican senator john barrasso, your reaction to this threat against justice kavanaugh. as we started off the show, shocking, but hardly a surprise. thanks so the police officers for being there responding so quickly. that man was there, as he stated, apparently, to murder justice kavanaugh and i believe chuck schumer bears some responsibility, he has contributed to this atmosphere of directly attacking members by name of the supreme court. remember talking about abortion, chuck schumer went to the steps of the supreme court and he called out kavanaugh by name. john: he said unleash the whirlwind? i m telling you, kavanaugh, you will pay the price, you will
process is happening. remaining in office is not good, not good for the commonwealth and he needs to step down, step aside because it s just bringing harm to the commonwealth and we have people who are still governing in our chambers, right and almost finished with session, and we re working hard and that house chamber and this serves as a distraction and we need to get back to the task at hand. you are the democratic caucus chair in the house of delegates. i wonder if you could give us any window into the decision making process, into what is happening among you and your colleagues to come up with this decision today to put out this blunt, short statement from all democrats in the house and the senate in the legislature calling for him to leave his post. what was that process like? were those discussions like? i can just tell you this, is that we take the allegations seriously and we want to also be consistent, many of us have called out kavanaugh, right, when there are allegation
post. what was that process like? what were those discussions like? well, i can just tell you this, is that we take the allegations seriously and we want to also be consistent. many of us have called out kavanaugh, right, when there were allegations, and, right, because we believe in preserving the integrity of our government institutions, our courts, or legislatures and that s most important. i also go back to the task at hand, where we ve just passed a budget. we re working on a tax issue in the legislature. and so we need to focus on the task and work ahead of us and looking forward for virginians. there is so much to do. these this story about lieutenant governor fairfax is obviously not happening in a vacuum. the controversy over the racist photos in ralph northam s medical school yearbook and the
aside because it s just bringing harm to the commonwealth and we have people who are still governing in our chambers, right and almost finished with session, and we re working hard and that house chamber and this serves as a distraction and we need to get back to the task at hand. you are the democratic caucus chair in the house of delegates. i wonder if you could give us any window into the decision making process, into what is happening among you and your colleagues to come up with this decision today to put out this blunt, short statement from all democrats in the house and the senate in the legislature calling for him to leave his post. what was that process like? were those discussions like? i can just tell you this, is that we take the allegations seriously and we want to also be consistent, many of us have called out kavanaugh, right, when there are allegations.
top? folks who feel very strongly one way or the other about the issues in front of us should get out and vote. we may have lost a political battle, but i do think we are winning the cultural battle. focus like a laser beam on the elections. we begin with another victory lap for president trump as he clinches his second supreme court win since taking office. tomorrow night a swearing in ceremony will be held for brett kavanaugh, the newest supreme court justice amid fiery protests on capitol hill saturday and allegations of sexual assault. last night the president took the opportunity to tout kavanaugh s confirmation during a rally in kansas. i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory for our nation, our people, and our beloved constitution. brett kavanaugh is a man of great character and intellect. and he didn t shy away from attacking democrats ahead of the midterm elections. you don t hand matches to an