Sen. Josh Hawley makes no apologies for bringing down a Republican judicial nominee — even if his tactics irritate some of his own GOP colleagues
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“One of the things that has been so painful for conservative voters over the years is to see people like former Justice David Souter put on the bench, who wasn't really vetted,” Hawley said in an interview Wednesday, referring to the center-left Supreme Court pick appointed by a Republican. “People ask how could it happen over time? One of the ways it happens is that Republican senators don’t actually take the job seriously.
Hawley’s response to the influential conservative editorial board: “I apparently take up a lot of their brain space.” Within days of Hawley’s confrontation with Bogren, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina turned on the nominee. Senate Majority Whip John Thune said the opposition of those senators “was indicative that there might have been deeper problems.”
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