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Mere moments after President Trump concluded the ceremonial swearing-in of Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Monday night, a mostly liberal panel on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront tore into him for daring to apologize to the Justice on behalf of the nation. One particular loony commentator even suggested that Kavanaugh’s career-long effort to promote female law clerks was somehow an attempt to pander given recent events.
“What you've been watching is the ceremonial swearing-in of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In a moment, an opportunity for unity as it began,” stated a bewildered Kate Bolduan, filling-in for Burnett. According to her analysis, Trump had taken that opportunity and threw it away. “I mean, think of the unity of the justices -- all of the sitting justices coming in, sitting down in the east room, the President did not nod toward unity in this moment.”
First, Bolduan called on New York Times political editor Patrick Healy, who claimed the swearing-in ceremony had all of the sense and feel of a “Trump orchestrated” “political rally”. “You had to wonder what was going through Elena Kagan's mind or Ruth Bader Ginsberg's mind as it seemed like he made the nod to them and said thank you,” he questioned. “[B]ut then, sort of, started calling out people like Mitch McConnell making some pretty audacious statements in terms of apologizing to Brett Kavanaugh on behalf of our nation.”
Healy again decried Trump’s apology to Kavanaugh (whose family had received death threats) and lectured American on what we should do:
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