Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re Going To Plow Right Through It’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has assured Republicans that Kavanaugh will not be torpedoed by an unsubstantiated 35-year-old sexual assault allegation. “We’re going to plow right through it,” he told supporters at the Values Voters Summit on Friday.

Unwavering in his support of Kavanaugh, the Senate leader said “President Trump has nominated a stunningly successful individual,” while asking his fellow colleagues to “wait out the obstruction” that Democrats have forged.

“You’ve watched the fight. You’ve watched the tactics. But here’s what I want to tell you: in the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court,” said McConnell, prompting the crowd to thunderously applaud.

The Senate Majority Leader asked that people not lose heart and “keep the faith.”

“So my friends, keep the faith. Don’t be rattled by all of this. We’re going to plow right through it and do our jobs,” McConnell added.

McConnell also promised that “even more nominees will be confirmed” in the near future who will all “be pro-family.”

Kavanaugh has pledged to testify under oath in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as early as Monday. His accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, says that she will testify next week under certain conditions. She alleges that he sexually assaulted her at a high school pool party 35 years ago, an allegation that he and two other men she named as being present at the party have denied.