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Through is to appoint judges. republicans used to rail about unelected judges. now republicans are all -- and they'll sacrifice everything for the sake of getting the judges they think that will carry forward their ideological program. that's one of the reasons i left. this was not -- the party was not an insecure party that felt it had to pursue its agenda through the judiciary. they felt that they could win elections, win the presidency, win congress and push those ideas. that's just not who they are. >> absolutely. and i said -- >> at the time, for the record. i don't reflect any views othe...

They'll sacrifice everything for the sake of getting the judges they think that will carry forward their ideological program. that's one of the reasons i left. this was not -- the party was not an insecure party that felt it had to pursue its agenda through the judiciary. they felt that they could win elections, win the presidency, win congress and push those ideas. that's just not who they are. >> absolutely. and i said -- >> at the time, for th record. i don't reflect any views other than my own. merrick garland deserved a hearing. even if they wanted to vote him down they should have observ...

More before the end of his term. but he is right to take a victory lap because -- for many reasons. it energizes his base. it is something -- it is another campaign promise that is a promise kept, that he can use to energize the base. and this is something as we move -- get closer to the midterm elections, it is a good way to remind people of another success that he has had and keep the enthusiasm going. and it's good for a lot of the republicans that campaigned as well for congress and many senators over the years have said we need to have more conservative-leaning justices on the supreme cou...

Over them from the point of view of tens of millions of americans. you have people who are very concerned about the way president trump was elected. that puts a cloud over the presidency. you have a concern with congress, gerrymandering, the voting rights act not being enforced anymore. that puts a cloud over congress. and now we have this with kavanaugh, and there's a concern because merrick garland never got a hearing and then this one was pushed through. there's now a cloud over the supreme court. you now have termites, termites eating into all three pillars of our government. so sure, it's...

And the 26% of people that voted for him say this was the key issue. so it is a tremendous victory for him. and i think it's one that i would like to see one or two more before the end of his term. but he is right to take a victory lap because -- for many reasons. it energizes his base. it is something -- it is another campaign promise that is a promise kept, that he can use to energize the base. and this is something as we move -- get closer to the midterm elections, it is a good way to remind people of another success that he has had and keep the enthusiasm going. and it's good for a lot of ...