A Democrat who is hoping to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat said Wednesday that she would have likely voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — but then later retracted the statement.
Amy McGrath, a Marine Corps veteran, told the Louisville Courier-Journal in a story published Wednesday that she probably would have voted to confirm Kavanaugh because she believed nothing in his record was disqualifying.
“I was very concerned about Judge Kavanaugh, what I felt like were the far-right stances that he had. However, there was nothing in his record that I think would disqualify him in any way,” McGrath told the newspaper.
“This is our system and so I don’t think there was anything that would have disqualified him in my mind … Yeah, I probably would have voted for him,” she added.
Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation last year was marred by sexual misconduct allegations, including by Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor who claimed the future justice sexually assaulted her at a high school party in suburban Maryland.
After the Courier-Journal’s story was published, however, McGrath later put out a tweet reversing her statement — which was likely to anger many Democrats still bitter over the confirmation fight.
“I was asked earlier today about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and I answered based upon his qualifications to be on the Supreme Court. But upon further reflection and further understanding of his record, I would have voted no,” she wrote in the tweet.
McConnell’s campaign later mocked her flip-flop by tweeting “Amy right now” over a meme that said, “I have no idea what I’m doing.”



