Senator Joe Manchin says he will vote yes on Kavanaugh nomination

In this image from video provided by Senate TV, the Senate Chamber is shown during a procedural vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Friday morning, Oct. 5, 2018 at the Capitol in Washington. (Senate TV via AP)

by: Staff | newsweb@everythinglubbock.com

Posted: Oct 5, 2018 / 03:02 PM CDT

Updated: Oct 5, 2018 / 03:16 PM CDT

Senator Joe Manchin said Friday on Twitter he will vote ‘yes’ to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.

Manchin was the last unknown vote. Unless another senator changes his or her vote, Kavanaugh will be confirmed by the full Senate.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine had been the other unknown vote. Prior to Manchin’s statement, she said on the floor of the Senate that would she would vote yes to confirm Kavanaugh.

The following is a written statement from Manchin.

MANCHIN TO SUPPORT SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following s.tement on his decision to support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

“From the start of this process, I promised my constituents that I would look seriously at Judge Kavanaugh’s record and cast my vote based on the facts I have before me and what is best for West Virginia. I met with the nominee for over two hours, attended his hearings, spoke with constitutional experts, and heard from thousands of West Virginians.

“I have reservations about this vote given the serious accusations against Judge Kavanaugh and the temperament he displayed in the hearing. And my heart goes out to anyone who has experienced any type of sexual assault in their life. However, based on all of the information I have available to me, including the recently comple.d FBI report, I have found Judge Kavanaugh to be a qualified jurist who will follow the Constitution and determine cases based on the legal findings before him. I do hope that Judge Kavanaugh will not allow the partisan nature this process took to follow him onto the court.

“With respect to any cases that may come before him impacting the 800,000 West Virginians with pre-existing conditions, Judge Kavanaugh assured me personally that he would consider the human impacts and approach any decision with surgical precision . avoid unintended consequences. That is why I vo.d to confirm Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court because I believe he will rule in a manner that is consistent with our Constitution.”