{"id":286404,"date":"2018-09-28T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=286404"},"modified":"2018-10-01T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:42:57","slug":"flake-fears-realized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/09\/28\/flake-fears-realized\/","title":{"rendered":"With Flake Fears Realized, I\u2019m Holding Back My Next Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: CNN is breathlessly reporting that Jeff Flake &#8212; who announced he was gonna vote for Kavanaugh this morning &#8212; walked out of the committee room today with Chris Coons, Democrat from Delaware, and hasn\u2019t been seen since. So CNN\u2019s trying to say that there\u2019s a lot of drama being played out behind the scenes and that maybe Flake is going to get his mind changed by the Democrats. CNN is claiming Flake is wobbling, might still vote &#8220;no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the current holdup in the voting right now.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: We are keeping an eye on the committee. They\u2019ve not voted yet. They\u2019re supposed to vote soon. Still some concern over where is Jeff Flake. CNN is breathless. CNN is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, they\u2019re so hoping that somebody got to Flake. We, of course, are hoping it\u2019s wishful thinking. In the event somebody did &#8212; and, by the way, let me just&#8230; I told Snerdley, I told the people on the other side of the glass 45 minutes ago that I\u2019m not thinking this is over at all. I\u2019m listening to these Democrat speeches where they are still campaigning, and then they get up and walk out. Every one of them is looking right at where Flake is sitting, either he or in Grassley\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p>I told \u2019em in there (and they can back this up) that I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if one of two things happened: If Grassley did decide to delay the vote or if Flake changed his mind. Snerdley looked at me and said, &#8220;No way! No way! Not after you commit. No way,&#8221; and now look what CNN\u2019s reporting. I know it\u2019s CNN, but somebody\u2019s telling \u2019em that. It could all be bogus, designed to be seen by others. (interruption) Right. &#8220;Talks going on behind the scenes. &#8230; Drama playing out behind the scenes. &#8230; Dem, GOP members in talks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What could that be about? If the Dems and the Republicans are in talks, the only reason to be talking (sigh) would be to change what was supposed to happen here at 1:30.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Yeah, all right. It\u2019s confirmed the Democrats are really putting pressure on Flake. I was wise. I was wise to not trust this at the get go. I didn\u2019t&#8230; I didn\u2019t say&#8230; There\u2019s a lot of things I\u2019m holding back today, folks. I\u2019m gonna tell you up front I\u2019m holding back, because I don\u2019t want to end up being a factor in what\u2019s happening here today. I don\u2019t mean to sound egotistical, but there are certain things that in this charged atmosphere, they\u2019re just waiting for someone like me to say something that would turn into a news story that would fire people up.<\/p>\n<p>So I have withheld what have been fears all day long about Flake. The minute I got here and found out this vote was gonna take four hours &#8212; will have four hours of debate prior to it &#8212; instead of happening at 9:30, and knowing that Flake is leaving&#8230; This is his last term in office. Knowing that Flake, at the end of the day, still does not like Donald Trump at all. Kavanaugh is a Trump nominee. The Democrats are now working hard to change him.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll guarantee you they\u2019re not talking about FBI investigations or fairness or any of that. They\u2019re talking Trump. Amy Klobuchar set that up by saying that she doesn\u2019t think Kavanaugh\u2019s qualified or legitimate simply because Trump nominated him. I think they\u2019re probably talking about Senator McCain to him. &#8220;You can be a hero like Senator McCain! Remember Senator McCain thumbing down Obamacare, the repeal of Obama? You can do the same!&#8221; I know they\u2019re working on him this way, and this was a fear I had from the get-go today.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, even from last night. We\u2019re talking about Jeff Flake here, maybe even a little bit Corker. Now, all of that having been said, McConnell has said that regardless, there\u2019s gonna be a floor vote next week, and here\u2019s another thing. Traditionally, the vote in the Judiciary Committee is supposed to serve as a guide to the full Senate. See, the full Senate\u2019s not on the Judiciary Committee, and so Civics 101 says, &#8220;The rest of the Senate will learn what to do by listening to the learned knowledge and recommendation of the Judiciary Committee, which will have fully vetted the nominee,&#8221; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n<p>I guarantee you that the other senators are not sitting out there waiting to hear what the Judiciary Committee recommends with its vote. So McConnell says there\u2019s gonna be a vote regardless. Flake\u2019s vote? Somebody is gonna be needed. If Flake drops off, we\u2019re gonna need Collins, Murkowski, and so forth. McConnell says the vote is going to happen. In fact, our microphones are still there. Let\u2019s JIP a little bit of this. Grassley just resumed his seat here. Let\u2019s see what\u2019s happening. We have a few moments here to find out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOTVWuUDggM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: (haltingly) I, uh, have been speaking with a number of people on the other side. We\u2019ve had conversations ongoing on for a while, uh, with regard to, um, making sure that (sigh) we do due diligence here.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Jeff Flake is speaking.<\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: And I think it would be, uh, proper to delay the floor vote, uh, for up to but not more than one week, uh, in order to let the, um, FBI continue &#8212; or, uh, to do an investigation &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I told you, Snerdley! I told you. I told you.<\/p>\n<p>SPEAKER: &#8212; limited in time and scope, uh, to the current allegations that are there. And, uh, limit in time to no more than one week, and I&#8230; (sigh) I will vote to advance the bill, uh, to the floor w-with that understanding. And I &#8212; I\u2019ve spoken to a few other members, uh, ummm, who, uh &#8212; on my side of the aisle that &#8212; may be supportive as well. But that\u2019s my position. I &#8212; I think that, uh, that we &#8212; we ought to do what we can to make sure that, uh, that we do all due diligence with a nomination this important. And I want to say that this committee has acted properly and, uh, the chairman has bent over backwards, uhhh, to do investigations from this committee and to delay this vote in this committee for a week so that judge &#8212; or so that, uh, Ms. Ford, Dr. Ford could be heard, and she was yesterday. Uh, so&#8230; So that\u2019s, with that agreement, uhh, I will vote to advance bill for the floor. Uh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: Clerk will call roll!<\/p>\n<p>(crosstalk)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay. Pot it. Pot it down. What Flake is saying here is he\u2019s prepared to vote for Kavanaugh in this vote, but he wants a delay for a week on the full Senate vote so that the FBI can investigate. I still don\u2019t believe that that\u2019s how they got to him. I think they got to him with Trump, but they could have gotten to him with this FBI business. We got a little few seconds here. He\u2019s still speaking. Let\u2019s see. Maybe we can get Grassley and some of the action.<\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: My &#8212; my understanding &#8212; and if the Democrats could speak to it, if Chris or &#8212; or you &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: No.<\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: &#8212; as we talked about before if the Democrats would accept and endorse a &#8212; a one week, uh, um (sputtering), FBI investigation limited in time and scope.<\/p>\n<p>FEINSTEIN: That is correct.<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: Well, since you\u2019re the deciding &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: Yes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Grasserly-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Grasserly-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Grasserly-001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>GRASSLEY: Well, since you\u2019re the deciding vote here, we\u2019ll vote and then if there\u2019s any sort of discussion, we\u2019ll go do that after the vote. Call the roll!<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: (gavels) Mr. Hatch?<\/p>\n<p>HATCH: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Graham?<\/p>\n<p>GRAHAM: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Cornyn?<\/p>\n<p>CORNYN: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Lee?<\/p>\n<p>LEE: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Cruz?<\/p>\n<p>CRUZ: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: They\u2019re calling the vote!<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Sasse?<\/p>\n<p>SASSE: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: They\u2019re calling the vote without a commitment to do the FBI investigation!<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Crapo?<\/p>\n<p>CRAPO: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Grassley!<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Tillis?<\/p>\n<p>TILLIS: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Grassley manned up here!<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Kennedy?<\/p>\n<p>KENNEDY: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mrs. Feinstein?<\/p>\n<p>FEINSTEIN: This is on the nominee?<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>FEINSTEIN: On the nominee, no.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Leahy?<\/p>\n<p>LEAHY: On the nominee, no.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Durbin?<\/p>\n<p>DURBIN: No.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Whitehouse?<\/p>\n<p>WHITEHOUSE: No.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Our seconds with dwindling.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mrs. Klobuchar?<\/p>\n<p>KLOBUCHAR: No.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: We\u2019re hoping to get all this in before we have to do.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Coons?<\/p>\n<p>COONS: On the nominee, no.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Blumenthal?<\/p>\n<p>BLUMENTHAL: No.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Ms. Hirono?<\/p>\n<p>HIRONO: No.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Booker?<\/p>\n<p>BOOKER: No.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Ms. Harris?<\/p>\n<p>HARRIS: No.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Chairman?<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: Aye.<\/p>\n<p>CLERK: Mr. Chairman, the votes are 11 yay, 10 nay.<\/p>\n<p>GRASSLEY: The nominee will be reported to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>FLAKE: Mr. Chairman, may I &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay, gotta go. Take it away.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay. The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send the Kavanaugh nomination to the floor, 11-10. Flake\u2019s vote is contingent in the full vote on whether or not they delay that full vote for an FBI investigation, and that now is not up to this committee. That\u2019s up to the Turtle. It\u2019s up to McConnell as to when the vote takes place. All the rest in there right now is just noise.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay. The ball is in Donald Trump\u2019s court now. We\u2019ll see how he deals with this. Just hang on, folks. I\u2019m gonna tell you what happened and put it all in perspective for you.<\/p>\n<p>JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny south Florida, it\u2019s Open Line Friday!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/io6-Su5aacE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: It\u2019s easy for me to say now, but Snerdley can back me up. I had fears this was gonna happen from the moment I showed up here because we\u2019re talking about Jeff Flake. I didn\u2019t say so because I didn\u2019t want it reported in the media: &#8220;Rush Limbaugh worried about Flake.&#8221; I didn\u2019t even want to put the idea out there. I\u2019m also not saying some things about the hearings yesterday because I don\u2019t want what I say to end up being a distraction. The liberal media is out there waiting for any of that.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m kind of holding back here &#8212; and don\u2019t worry. You\u2019re gonna hear what I think at some point. But I gotta be strategic here given all this going on. Here\u2019s where we are. The vote was supposed to be at 9:30 today. The Democrats on the committee asked for a chance to speak before they voted. They began to filibuster. The vote was then announced. When Grassley decided to let that happen, he had to let it happen for everybody. So the Democrats, especially Cory Booker, just started flapping their gums, just started talking about meaningless garbage to make it sound like it was meaningful, but it wasn\u2019t. It just time filling and time wasting.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was moved back to 1:30. As we approached 1:30, people noticed that Chris Coons and Jeff Flake had left the committee room some moments earlier and nobody had seen \u2019em since. This, of course, made people curious, and they found out that eventually Coons and Flake had been huddling and the Democrats have been working on Flake to agree with them that the FBI needs to take one more look at this, given Blasey Ford\u2019s testimony now and given the other allegations, the porn star lawyer\u2019s allegation from what\u2019s-her-face. (interruption)<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no, no. Avenatti\u2019s client. I\u2019m having a mental block on her name. Ramirez&#8230; (interruption) Yeah, Wetnick, Swetnick whatever it is. So the Democrats been pushing for a FBI investigation just to delay things. The FBI&#8230; Here\u2019s what\u2019s silly about this, folks. The only thing the FBI would do if they\u2019re authorized to do it is what they\u2019ve already done! The FBI has already said there\u2019s nothing here! This is so&#8230; I overuse the word &#8220;maddening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, anyway, I\u2019m jumping the shark here. Let me come back and get back into the chronology. So Flake comes back in with Coons, huddles with Grassley. And the upshot of it is that Flake says he will vote for Kavanaugh if there will be a delay in the full Senate, the floor vote on Kavanaugh for a week so that the FBI could investigate, which is what the Democrats have been demanding and begging for. So they got to Flake somehow.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll find out in due course what they promised him or how they got to him. That will eventually reveal itself. So Flake makes his demand of a one-week delay for the FBI, just to we can all be thorough here and remove any clouds of doubt, in exchange for there being a one-week investigation. Well, Grassley &#8212; just to cut to the chase here &#8212; immediately calls the vote without telling Flake whether he accepts Flake\u2019s demand. They do the vote, and Flake votes Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>So the vote goes out of the committee 11-10 in favor of Kavanaugh, which doesn\u2019t mean anything in terms of the final vote. Don\u2019t doubt me. It doesn\u2019t mean anything. It used to maybe carry some weight, but it doesn\u2019t anymore. What Flake then said is, &#8220;Yeah, I voted yes today, but my yes vote on final confirmation of Kavanaugh will not be forthcoming unless there is a one-week FBI investigation.&#8221; He\u2019s holding his vote and he\u2019s telling everybody he might not vote Kavanaugh if there is no FBI investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Kavanaugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Kavanaugh.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Kavanaugh-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, the problem with all of this is that nobody in that room, in the Senate Judiciary Committee room, can authorize an FBI investigation! Nobody can make that deal with Flake! Grassley can\u2019t make that deal because Grassley doesn\u2019t run the Senate. Mitch McConnell does. As the majority leader, Mitch McConnell runs the Senate. Mitch McConnell is on record saying there will be a vote next Tuesday on Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that was before Flake pulled this stunt today agreeing with the Democrats that his vote is contingent on a one-week &#8212; maximum one-week &#8212; FBI investigation into only allegations we have at the moment, which would mean Blasey Ford, Ramirez, and Swetnick. But nobody in that room can make this deal. Chuck Schumer, as the minority leader, has to negotiate with McConnell on whether or not there\u2019s gonna be an FBI investigation before the floor vote. Now, McConnell&#8230; Let\u2019s go through the possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell could say, &#8220;I don\u2019t care about Jeff Flake\u2019s vote. We\u2019re not doing an FBI investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then Schumer could say, &#8220;Well, then my guys are not gonna show up and vote. We\u2019re gonna walk out! We\u2019re not gonna vote and neither is Flake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To question McConnell is say, &#8220;You don\u2019t want to vote? We don\u2019t need your vote, but we\u2019re gonna have the vote.&#8221; They can\u2019t filibuster it. They can\u2019t nuclear option it. They\u2019ve blown that. The Democrats can\u2019t. But getting into what FBI would do, here\u2019s the thing. Do you realize, folks, none of these people have to talk to the FBI in this circumstance?<\/p>\n<p>A one-week delay is nothing but silly. It is the Democrats\u2019 latest victory in delaying the final vote. They\u2019re gonna keep trying to delay and delay until after the midterm elections. That is all this is about because they think they\u2019re gonna win them, at which point Trump\u2019s nominees go sideways and there will never be a vote on Kavanaugh and Trump will have to pull it \u2019cause it just won\u2019t be the case.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re gonna run the show, House and Senate. Trump\u2019s nominees go nowhere. The only thing the FBI would do is go out and interview a few witnesses. They might interview Mark Judge, for example. But those people do not have to talk to the FBI. They may not want to, and they do not have to. Do not doubt me. None of the people that the Democrats want the FBI to talk to are under any kind of compulsion to talk to the FBI. They do not have to.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the most the FBI would do is interview these people and then turn the interview notes over. They\u2019re called 302s. There\u2019s a Form 302 for an FBI interview. The 302s would be turned over to the Senate and the Senate would be right back where it is today making the decision! The FBI being involved is a nothing burger! It is unnecessary! It\u2019s not going to be determinative at all! And I\u2019ll tell you somethin\u2019 else!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just gonna go on record here as telling you something else! If &#8212; if &#8212; the FBI investigating this finds out that Dr. Ford is lying, the Democrats will still not change their vote. If the FBI were to find that Avenatti\u2019s client is full of it, if the FBI were to find that this Ramirez woman &#8212; who\u2019s the second woman to come forth after Dr. Blasey Ford. If the FBI finds that not only are these witnesses lying, but there is nothing to what they\u2019re saying, and if that\u2019s what they report&#8230; Well, they wouldn\u2019t report it. The Senate would.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>They would get the interviews, and if any interviews the FBI finds out that Blasey Ford is lying&#8230; This is just a possibility here. You know, hypothetical. My point is, this is so irrelevant and so un-determinative and so not really necessary that no matter what the FBI finds, the Democrats are not gonna change their vote. Right now, the Democrats are operating on the premise that Blasey Ford cannot lie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She\u2019s a woman! She\u2019s making the allegation; it\u2019s true. We must take her seriously,&#8221; and &#8220;take her seriously&#8221; means believing her! If we don\u2019t believe her, we\u2019re insulting her. If we don\u2019t believe her, we\u2019re not taking her seriously.&#8221; So the FBI goes and talks to her. She can\u2019t tell them where it happened. If she now tells them where it happened then they\u2019ve got a problem because she under oath said she doesn\u2019t know where it happened. If she suddenly remembers, we got a problem. If she suddenly remembers when it happened, specific date and time, we have a problem because she\u2019s under oath saying she doesn\u2019t remember that.<\/p>\n<p>So they go interview her. She says the same thing to the FBI she said yesterday. Nobody knows anymore than they know today. The FBI will furnish their 302s and reports and will add no new information to anything because all of this already has been investigated by committee investigators. If there are no changes, if there is no corroborating evidence, if the four people named by Blasey Ford who claim today under oath that they do not know what she\u2019s talking about, that they weren\u2019t there &#8212; if they say that to the FBI &#8212; will the Democrats accept it because it\u2019s coming from the FBI?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m here to tell you that there\u2019s no circumstance under which the Democrats are gonna change their vote on this guy. Some of the red state Democrats might like Joe Manchin and some of the others that are maybe feeling some heat in the midterms. But the Democrats at large, as a party, are not going to change their votes on this. And the reason I\u2019m saying that is to point out the futility and the utter irrelevance of this and cement the point that it is nothing more than another delay. Trump&#8230; You know, Jeff Flake does not get to authorize the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing at stake here is Jeff Flake\u2019s vote. Flake voted for Kavanaugh in the committee on the basis that there\u2019s gonna be an FBI investigation of a week. If that investigation doesn\u2019t happen, then Flake can say, &#8220;Okay. I\u2019m not voting for the guy.&#8221; But Flake cannot authorize the FBI and Grassley can\u2019t authorize the FBI and Dianne Feinstein can\u2019t authorize the FBI. And the FBI\u2019s already said they don\u2019t want any part of it! The FBI\u2019s already said to them it\u2019s a closed case. It\u2019s not in their jurisdiction!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-004.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-004-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>There hasn\u2019t been a formal complaint filed where it happened in Montgomery County!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 36 years old!<\/p>\n<p>The American people ought to be outraged at the Democrat Party. The American people ought to be fit to be tied and frustrated as hell over the Democrat Party thwarting the process here, because that is all this is. Well, it\u2019s not all it is. In addition to all of that, it is the purposeful &#8212; and I mean that. It is the purposeful destruction of a man and his career &#8212; his achievements, his integrity, his reputation, his family &#8212; and his life in general. That is also on the table as a threat to anybody else who might come along and threaten the Supreme Court as somebody like Judge Kavanaugh does.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: A friend of mine known affectionately as &#8220;Mr. Hawaii&#8221; just sent me a text and said, &#8220;What is the purpose of the delay?&#8221; Well, let me tell you what the purpose of the delay is. I just watched Chris Coons, who made the deal with Flake, say (paraphrased), &#8220;Look, we need to remove the cloud over the head of Judge Kavanaugh, and I think everyone agrees that the FBI looking into this &#8212; or any new allegations &#8212; in the next week. It is something that should be a bipartisan effort because this committee was too partisan. The American people need to see us working together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So we have a one-week delay that the Democrats now say, &#8220;Maximum, we\u2019ll agree, one-week delay. Have the FBI come in, look at this.&#8221; But Coons also said, &#8220;Any new allegations that come in, they, of course, should be investigated.&#8221; The reason for the delay is for new allegations to be brought forth &#8212; and I\u2019m telling you, the Democrats already have them in their back pockets like cards waiting to be played. The reason for the delay is to get another delay. And after securing that next delay, go for another one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-284483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-091318-Dem-Playbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-091318-Dem-Playbook.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-091318-Dem-Playbook-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>All of this is about one of two things: Delaying the vote or having it canceled before the elections in November, or having the president withdraw Kavanaugh or Kavanaugh withdraw himself. Those are the objectives. Anything to prevent the vote. Anything! That\u2019s what the delay is. The delay is the next phase in new allegations. &#8220;But, Rush, they just agreed to one week.&#8221; Folks, wait. It\u2019s Monday, next week, hypothetically &#8212; and everybody thinks the FBI is looking into Blasey Ford and some of these others.<\/p>\n<p>And then why, lo and behold, here comes another Democrat lawyer with another allegation! Do you think the Democrats gonna say, &#8220;Well, we can\u2019t investigate that because we agreed to end all this on Friday&#8221;? Ha! If there\u2019s a new allegation, it will be met with a demand to extend the investigation. We said it from the beginning of this process: Every day the Republicans do not call the vote on this is a day there isn\u2019t going to be one.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s now getting to the point every day that the vote is not called equals four or five days of delay. So now the ball is in the court of the Turtle, Mitch McConnell. By the way, Trump&#8230; Apparently, they got a press gaggle in there at the White House. Did you hear what Trump said? &#8220;Well, if that\u2019s what they want, let it play out.&#8221; That\u2019s&#8230; I didn\u2019t see it. That is a report that I got. I guess I should say this with an asterisk. I have learned unless I see it myself, that I should pass it along to you with reservation.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people think they hear something, but when I look at it, I don\u2019t hear what they heard. But the note I got was that Trump said, &#8220;Well, if they want to let it play out, let it play out.&#8221; I have another fear here. (chuckling) I\u2019m wondering if I ought to keep quiet about it or not. I almost walked in during the break to tell people and make my prediction what\u2019s coming next. (long pause) I\u2019ll think about it. In the meantime, let\u2019s go to the phones. We got Michelle in Topeka, Kansas, who has been waiting awhile.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: MSNBC is reporting that Senator Murkowski is supporting Senator Flake\u2019s call for a delay.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. But, again, they don\u2019t have anything to say about it. It\u2019s gonna be McConnell. But what\u2019s McConnell gonna do if more and more members of his caucus ask for a delay? Again, let\u2019s look at this way. Let\u2019s say that next Monday, Christopher Wray, director of the FBI calls a press conference and says, &#8220;The FBI has completed its investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s got Robert Mueller standing right next to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have completed our investigation. We have found absolutely no evidence of collusion in the 2016 election between Donald Trump and the Russians or vice versa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the Democrats would say, &#8220;Whoa. Okay. Cool&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/APP-092718-Flake-003-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Do you think they would accept it? No. Just as they\u2019re not gonna accept if the FBI turns in interview reports that doesn\u2019t change the circumstances today, that don\u2019t change the status quo. If the FBI happens to turn in a report that they\u2019ve confirmed that Dr. Blasey Ford is lying, it isn\u2019t gonna change the Democrats\u2019 vote on this. That\u2019s why all of this is pointless and a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Snerdley, you\u2019re acting surprised.<\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: You\u2019re not surprised Murkowski threw in with Flake, are you?<\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Right. Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: We have audio of President Trump this afternoon in the White House shortly after the shenanigans in the Judiciary Committee where the vote was called and it was 11-10 to support Kavanaugh out of the committee. Jeff Flake agreeing with the Democrats for a one-week delay for the FBI to investigate whatever the Democrats can find next in addition to Blasey Ford and whatever else.<\/p>\n<p>So the one week investigation is gonna be expanded because, by Monday at the latest, there\u2019s gonna be another allegation, and the Democrats are gonna say, &#8220;Well, we can\u2019t control that!&#8221; Ha-ha-ha. So anyway, when they got to Trump, he was meeting with the president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, and White House correspondent Jim Acosta was Acosta-ing Trump. He said, &#8220;What did you think of Dr. Ford\u2019s testimony when you heard it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-286497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trump-Flake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trump-Flake.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trump-Flake-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>THE PRESIDENT: I thought her testimony was very compelling, and she looks like a very fine woman to me. Very fine woman. And I thought that Brett\u2019s testimony, likewise, was really something that I haven\u2019t seen before. It was incredible. It was an incredible moment, I think, in the history of our country.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: And then the question was, &#8220;Would you be willing to reopen the background investigation into Kavanaugh?&#8221; Listen carefully&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT: I\u2019m just hearing a little bit about it because I\u2019ve been with the president of Chile, and we\u2019re talking about some very important subjects. But, uhhh, I\u2019m sure it will all be very good. I guess the vote was a positive vote, but there seems to be a delay. I\u2019ll learn more about it as the day goes on. I\u2019m gonna rely on all of the people, including Senator Grassley, who\u2019s doing a very good job. Uh, that will be a decision that they\u2019re going to make, and I suspect they\u2019ll be making some decision soon, whether to take a vote or to do whatever else they want to do. I will be totally reliant on what Senator Grassley and the group decides to do.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Well, it isn\u2019t gonna be Grassley. It\u2019s gonna be McConnell. So the president is basically deferring, at least in this statement, to the Senate. If McConnell, Grassley, whoever, want the FBI to look into it, then the president seemingly is fine. He will leave the FBI decision up to them. I still don\u2019t know about this authorizing the FBI business. I thought Trump had to do it. So, Snerdley, think I ought to share my prediction or withhold?<\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: All right. I\u2019ll withhold it.<\/p>\n<p>(interruption)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZZ-APP-Rush-Flah-Metal-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZZ-APP-Rush-Flah-Metal-006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZZ-APP-Rush-Flah-Metal-006-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>RUSH: They know I made it. If my prediction\u2019s right, it won\u2019t be long we\u2019ll find out &#8212; and if it happens, you\u2019ll know it, folks. (chuckling) Believe me, you\u2019ll know it.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I\u2019ve got a question. As long as we\u2019re getting the FBI back in here, how about reopening the Hillary email investigation? I mean, they exonerated her before they even interviewed her. How about reopening that? Hmm? Hey, Senator Flake, could you make this part of your deal? Could you, say, get the FBI to relook at Blasey Ford be contingent on the FBI reopening the Hillary email investigation? Senator Flake? Could you do that?<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay. My prediction&#8230; I\u2019m not gonna voice it, but if it happens, I guarantee you will know what it is. But I don\u2019t want to be a factor in it, so that\u2019s why I\u2019m not announcing it. I\u2019m not holding back on you, folks. 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