CNN’s Cuomo Calls Kavanaugh’s Testimony a ‘Traveshamockery’; Gowdy Feels Differently

CNN host Chris Cuomo used his national television platform to speak out against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States — and his words from late last week are still reverberating.

“The Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, it is a ‘traveshamockery,’ a travesty that is a sham and a mockery,” he said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time.”

“And no, I didn’t make it up. It’s a great word,” added Cuomo (shown above).

“It comes from a beer commercial, like most great things.”

“It is all about this judge doing his damnedest to avoid saying anything that might indicate something about what he thinks about what he may be judging,” Cuomo went on.

“Kavanaugh is not the first. Let’s be fair. He’s just the latest contestant in this game show. The problem is he’s also a longtime political operative, and that makes him unusual.”

“He said lots of things that matter in his nominated position, and he won’t answer anything that might cause controversy on the same. He won’t own his own words. So the result is that we are all being bathed in this nonspeak …”

He then proceeded to give examples of what he considers Kavanaugh’s so-called non-speak.

He included Kavanaugh’s comments to various Senate Judiciary Committee members that he could not answer “hypothetical” questions that were posed to him.

But many conservatives argue there is good reason for the way he answered — and they took issue with the questioning from many Democrats last week.

Trey Gowdy of South Carolina argued there is a divide between what people feel the job of the justices on the Supreme Court is in actuality.

Is it to try to change the law as a person sees fit? Or is it merely to make interpretations on the laws?

He also claimed many Democrats were using the hearings as an opportunity to grandstand rather than to seriously ask important questions of the nominee.

“That’s not the Cory Booker that I know,” said Trey Gowdy.

“They missed a wonderful opportunity, the Senate did, to have a robust, interesting hearing about judicial philosophy and whether you’re a strict constructionist or you’re a minimalist,” said Gowdy in an interview Thursday night on the Fox News show “The Story,” the day before the nomination hearings ended.

“What I watched over the last couple days was a lot of people who want to be the nominee in 2020, and it’s sad.”

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“That’s not the Cory Booker that I know,” Gowdy added, referencing the Democratic New Jersey politician.

“That is not the Cory Booker that I discuss criminal justice reform with. That is someone that is trying to position himself as the front-runner — so he can take on Donald Trump.”

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