October 01, 2018 04:44 PM UTC

Gardner Backs Into Corner on Kavanaugh Confirmation

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is promising a Kavanaugh confirmation vote this week.

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As Kyle Clark of 9News reports this afternoon via Twitter:

Four days after we asked, @SenCoryGardner‘s spokesman tells #9NEWS that Gardner finds Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony credible. #copolitics #breakingnotbreaking

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) October 1, 2018

This is potentially a very significant statement from the office of Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma). Gardner has already given lip service to supporting an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct made by another woman, Boulder resident Deborah Ramirez.

It’s certainly more than possible that Gardner could go ahead and vote YES on confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court (assuming such a vote is eventually taken), but in doing so he’d essentially be acknowledging that he is waving Kavanaugh through despite credible testimony of sexual assault and misconduct. This would be a particularly dangerous vote for someone who is up for re-election in 2020.