“I’m fucking moving to Iowa.”
— Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), in a joke to Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) overheard by journalist Matt Laslo.
“I’m fucking moving to Iowa.”
— Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), in a joke to Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) overheard by journalist Matt Laslo.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) “canceled her upcoming meeting with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh because of the alleged legal troubles surrounding President Trump,” Politico reports.
Hirono accused the president of being “an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter” and said he “does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee—purposely selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, his own okole.”
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) told NPR that she wants federal judges who are fair, qualified, and “care about individual and civil rights.”
And then, without missing a beat, she added: “If that’s considered liberal, as opposed to what I call justice and fairness, as I am wont to say, fuck them!”
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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told NBC News that President Trump is a “misogynist,” “admitted sexual predator” and “liar” with a “narcissistic need for attention.”
She added: “The only thing that will stop him from attacking us — because nobody’s safe — is his resignation.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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