White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh showed that Democrats are no threat to Republicans either in the midterm elections, or in 2020.
“What we saw yesterday was really an embarrassment by the Democrats,” she said on Fox News.
“But frankly, I also think it’s great news for Republicans, because if this is what we’re up against in 2018, and particularly the auditions that we saw for the 2020 presidential race that took place yesterday, I think we’re in great shape and we’re going to look really good in both 2018 and 2020,” she added.
Democrats attacked Republicans immediately at the start of the confirmation from Kavanaugh, and many potential 2020 challengers to President Trump argued that the GOP should have postponed the hearing until the White House releases more documents on the nominee.
Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., for example, accused the GOP of ramming Kavanaugh through the Senate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee meets again Wednesday morning for the second day of testimony from Kavanaugh, which will give senators an extended period of time to ask him questions.
