The last-ditch effort to stop Kavanaugh
Liberal groups are escalating an uphill battle to prevent Kavanaugh from being seated on the highest court in the land.
By ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT
09/11/2018 06:47 PM EDT
Brett Kavanaugh avoided glaring missteps — and most tough Democratic questions — at his confirmation hearings. But that’s not stopping the Supreme Court nominee’s liberal critics from unleashing new ads and grass-roots campaigns in one last shot at derailing him.
Their goal is to keep pressure on the dwindling number of senators still undecided on President Donald Trump’s high court pick. Abortion-rights groups are playing a key role: Planned Parenthood Action Fund is unleashing a new six-figure ad buy in Maine urging GOP Sen. Susan Collins to vote no, while NARAL Pro-Choice America is up with new ads hitting Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), an early Kavanaugh backer fighting for his political life in a swing state.
Those two ad buys, which POLITICO obtained ahead of their release, underscore the intensity with which Democrats and their off-the-Hill allies have pursued the fight against Kavanaugh, whose confirmation promises to tip the balance of the nation’s highest court for decades to come.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund spokeswoman Erica Sackin phrased the choice for Collins in stark terms, telling reporters Tuesday that women “cannot trust Brett Kavanaugh.â€
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