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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhy the Democrats need Joe Manchin Out-of-touch Democrats running scared of progressives The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Bipartisan group reaches infrastructure deal; many questions remain MORE (R-Ky.) on Tuesday knocked the "far-left mob" for the fight over Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Michael KavanaughGorsuch, Thomas join liberal justices in siding with criminal defendant Alyssa Milano says she could 'potentially run' for House in 2024 Overnight Defense: Supreme Court declines to hear suit challenging male-only draft | Drone refuels Navy fighter jet for the first time | NATO chief meets with Austin, Biden MORE's Supreme Court nomination, arguing critics were still trying to target the justice.
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhy the Democrats need Joe Manchin Out-of-touch Democrats running scared of progressives The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Bipartisan group reaches infrastructure deal; many questions remain MORE (R-Ky.) on Tuesday knocked the "far-left mob" for the fight over Brett KavanaughBrett Michael KavanaughGorsuch, Thomas join liberal justices in siding with criminal defendant Alyssa Milano says she could 'potentially run' for House in 2024 Overnight Defense: Supreme Court declines to hear suit challenging male-only draft | Drone refuels Navy fighter jet for the first time | NATO chief meets with Austin, Biden MORE's Supreme Court nomination, arguing critics were still trying to target the justice."The madness hasn't stopped. They are already signaling that even more drastic steps may be necessary now that Justice Kavanaugh is on the court," McConnell said from the Senate floor.
McConnell noted that some "left-wing" publications and groups are floating that Democrats should move to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court when they regain the Senate or try to impeach Kavanaugh.
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"One far-left pressure group is already trying to circulate petitions that Justice Kavanaugh should be impeached. ... The mob would like to make itself perfectly clear," McConnell said. "The far-left mob is not letting up."
Republicans have increasingly denounced the confrontation between protestors and Republican senators as "mob tactics," "bullying" and "intimidation tactics."
Hundreds of protesters were arrested as the Senate considered Kavanaugh's nomination earlier this month, while several senators received Capitol Police escorts amid heightened tensions.
McConnell added Tuesday that the vote to confirm Kavanaugh over the weekend was a "victory" for the "the integrity of this institution."
"Reason and deliberation triumphed over what was literally, literally, an attempt to sway the Senate using mob tactics," McConnell said.
McConnell also knocked Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump asks Biden to give Putin his 'warmest regards' Huma Abedin announces book deal Mystery surrounds Justice's pledge on journalist records MORE, who told CNN that "you cannot be civil with" the Republican Party because it "wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about."
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump asks Biden to give Putin his 'warmest regards' Huma Abedin announces book deal Mystery surrounds Justice's pledge on journalist records MORE, who told CNN that "you cannot be civil with" the Republican Party because it "wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.""No peace until they get their way? More of these unhinged tactics? Apparently this is the left's rallying cry," McConnell said.
