Fresh off the successful confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the vote showed the Senate "will not be intimidated by mob-like tactics" of protesters on Capitol Hill.
Goups of anti-Kavanaugh protesters confronted members of Congress directly, with many demonstrators with stories of sexual assault. Hundreds were detained or arrested leading up to the final vote.
"It was really quite a display of aggressiveness far beyond peaceful protesting. They were trying to intimidate members of the Senate not only in our home states but in the Capitol." McConnell said.
He added, "We were able to establish that the presumption of innocence is still important in this country and that the senate is not going to be intimated by these kind of tactics.
"Ironically the behavior of Democrats on Senate Judiciary Committee and then the overreach of the protests at the Capitol have actually energized the Republican base, particularly in the red states where we're trying to pick up seats across America," McConnell said. "So I want to thank the other side for the tactics that have allowed us to kind of energize and get involved our own voters."
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