Never let anyone tell you that CNN journalists are not politically biased and politically invested people. Because the FBI investigation into the sexual assault claims against Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrapped up Wednesday night and hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon wasted no time in decrying the process. Lemon himself was predicting that Kavanaugh would be confirmed and he was clearly bummed out about it.
After cutting away from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the Senate floor laying down the law, Cuomo huffed: “This is what McConnell promised.” “Yeah. And that's what they want as quickly as possible,” Lemon whined. “I mean that is a very short time for an investigation. Listen, I'm not in law enforcement, but it just seems like it's a really, really short time.”
Lemon then got really somber and admitted that he and the other raving liberals in the smear campaign had lost:
But regardless of what's in the report, Mitch McConnell is saying -- and you see it there -- they're going to vote on Friday, and all of us will know. Here's what I'm saying. It's going to be Justice Kavanaugh. I think that's what's going to happen.
Of course, the biased hacks figured that the only possible findings of the investigation were that Kavanaugh was guilty.
“Will it change votes? Probably not. Why? Time, tactics, the tenor of the whole process. This has never been a truth campaign about getting to the bottom of the allegations,” Cuomo decried. “It's about getting Kavanaugh through at any cost. It always has been.” Again, the basis of his “analysis” was that the only votes that needed to change were on the right, regardless of the FBI findings (even if they exonerated Kavanaugh).
Cuomo proved this when he declared: “This is about the GOP and whether they lose any of their own.” According to him, Senate Republicans had to wrestle with their conscience in order to vote for Kavanaugh. He even suggested that way the Judge had responded to the Democratic smear campaign proved he was guilty of something:
Well, you would think about the way Kavanaugh handled this situation. Is that evidence in this setting, if not of proof of guilt regarding Ford's allegations, evidence of showing that he will treat the truth as malleable when convenient? And in terms of this process proof that he sounded more like a riled up chief of staff than a chief justice someday?
The bitter CNN host almost threw his back out when he vigorously tried to move the goalpost with comparisons to Anita Hill. “Now, well, this investigation wasn't long enough. The pushback will be it only took three days with Anita Hill. It was very different,” he argued. But on the onset of this nonsense, the quickness of the Hill investigation was one of the liberal talking points FOR this investigation.
During the handoff to CNN Tonight, Lemon was even more depressed than he was a few short minutes ago. “Yeah. Well, here we go, Chris. This is what the past couple weeks have been about, and we're going to know about it on Friday. But I told you how I felt. I'm not -- you said that's where the odds are,” he sighed. In response, Cuomo dove head first into the conspiracy deep end:
Yes. I think that they have the votes. The dream scenario is that Flake peels away and it's 50-50. And who comes in to seal the deal? The happiest man in the world, Mike Pence, the V.P., breaks the tie, and he delivers America a conservative Supreme Court justice that locks in a generation of jurisprudence and is the best chance for his bid to be president after Trump.
If the parties were switched and something like this was said on Fox News, CNN’s Brian Stelter would be trying to have them committed.
“Yeah. Only if. Okay. Thank you. We've got a lot to get to, Chris. So I'll let you go now,” Lemon groaned.
This is CNN.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN's Cuomo Prime Time / CNN Tonight
October 3, 2018
9:55 p.m. Eastern(…)
CHRIS CUOMO: All right. There's Senator McConnell. Don, I wanted to bring you back in here. You know, it’s very interesting. There is first the facts that people need to know. They are going to have business skipped tomorrow, after business ends today, which should be any moment now, once cloture is filed and the president of the Senate says, all right, this is what's going to happen. This is our schedule. We're going to have the vote for Kavanaugh on Friday. They're not going to be in work tomorrow, I guess to review, to think about what's in the FBI thing. Then they're going to have some period to be able to make speeches on Thursday, and then Friday they vote. This is what McConnell promised.
DON LEMON: Yeah. And that's what they want as quickly as possible. I have to say, I mean it's Wednesday now. On Friday, all this drama played out, and I guess the investigation started after Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I mean that is a very short time for an investigation. Listen, I'm not in law enforcement, but it just seems like it's a really, really short time.
CUOMO: Right.
LEMON: But regardless of what's in the report, Mitch McConnell is saying -- and you see it there -- they're going to vote on Friday, and all of us will know. Here's what I'm saying. It's going to be Justice Kavanaugh. I think that's what's going to happen.
CUOMO: That's where the odds are right now. Let's take a quick break.
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CUOMO: This is it; they’re going to go to vote. The FBI report is all but done. Will it change votes? Probably not. Why? Time, tactics, the tenor of the whole process. This has never been a truth campaign about getting to the bottom of the allegations. It's about getting Kavanaugh through at any cost. It always has been.
Now, well, this investigation wasn't long enough. The pushback will be it only took three days with Anita Hill. It was very different. There were different parameters and different expectations. Democrats are going to be dissatisfied but they made a deal, and they don't have the votes to make a difference. This is about the GOP and whether they lose any of their own.
So will they? It's a hard bargain. Here's the case. If you decide to act on conscience here, why would you act on conscience? Well, you would think about the way Kavanaugh handled this situation. Is that evidence in this setting, if not of proof of guilt regarding Ford's allegations, evidence of showing that he will treat the truth as malleable when convenient? And in terms of this process proof that he sounded more like a riled up chief of staff than a chief justice someday?
But that act of conscience will become with a big consequence for a GOP senator because if they vote against Kavanaugh and they lose the Senate -- unlikely but if -- you would cost your party a generation of jurisprudence. At what cost conscience? Several senators will be answering that question in just a couple of days. They're probably hoping the win offsets the ugliness of the process and ignoring something that should matter more than a SCOTUS seat.
Empathize with victims, even alleged victims. How we do that says a lot about us, and that's what this vote should be about. Will it? We'll see. Let's pick up our coverage with CNN Tonight and Don Lemon right now.
LEMON: Yeah. Well, here we go, Chris. This is what the past couple weeks have been about, and we're going to know about it on Friday. But I told you how I felt. I'm not -- you said that's where the odds are.
CUOMO: Yes. I think that they have the votes. The dream scenario is that Flake peels away and it's 50-50. And who comes in to seal the deal? The happiest man in the world, Mike Pence, the V.P., breaks the tie, and he delivers America a conservative Supreme Court justice that locks in a generation of jurisprudence and is the best chance for his bid to be president after Trump.
LEMON: Mm-hmm.
CUOMO: So this comes down to numbers, but only if Collins, Murkowski, and Flake decide to leave.
LEMON: Yeah. Only if. Okay. Thank you. We've got a lot to get to, Chris. So I'll let you go now.
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