Collins, they correctly believed, “would get to a ‘yes’ on her own, assuming she got just the right verbal responses she wanted' from Kavanaugh on abortion.
certainly seem proud that their “strategy” worked, they also rightly point out how easy it would have been for Collins, or any “pro-choice” Senator, really, to see through Kavanaugh’s vague bullshit if she had truly cared. “Everyone in the room knew that when a [Trump] nominee says something about ‘precedent’ [regarding], pro-lifers know what that really means,” a Trump official told the magazine. “If [Collins or anyone] wanted to interpret that differently, that’s their choice.
Throughout Kavanaugh’s hearings as well as his meetings with Senators like Collins, he reportedly knew that “saying [] was long-standing precedent didn’t mean it couldn’t get overturned at some point,” and that he simply had to “demonstrate knowledge about the law, but not tip [his] hand about [his] opinions about a specific case or issue.” And apparently, these meaningless little platitudes were enough for Collins to vote to confirm him for a lifetime appointment.
In conclusion, however surprised and disappointed Collins claimed to be following the leaked draft opinion, and however surprised and disappointed she’ll act whenis formally overturned, the truth was always right in front of her, as it has been right in front of all of us. To suggest Collins was deceived gives her too much moral credit and denies her agency in the crisis she’s helped to create.But I wouldn’t want to give her unearned intellectual credit, either.
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