President Trump talked to reportersĀ aboutĀ the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
President Trump emerged from Air Force One about 5:05 pm CT in Topeka, Kansas, under dreary skies. Mid-50s and itās now drizzling as we motorcade.
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He came over to pool and local press to talk about the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court:
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āOur country has a truly great new Supreme Court justice. Weāre very honored by it. Heās an outstanding man, an outstanding person, and what they put him and his family throughĀ ā the Democrats ā over the last few weeks is horrible. If youĀ look at what heās had to endure ā horrible. False statements, and it just doesnāt get any worse. But the beautiful thing is he is now in. Heās going to be there for a long time and heās just an outstanding intellect, outstanding scholar, a brilliant lawyer, Brilliant at everything heās ever done. So weāre very happy. And the vote, it was a great vote, a very historic voteā¦. I just spoke to Justice ā I just spoke to him two minutes ago. And I spoke to the justiceās family land heās so excited. We have now Justice Kavanaugh and heās a terrific man, terrific personā¦ I just congratulated him. I said congratulations. It was well fought. I mean, who would have thought a thing like that could have happened, what heās been through. Everything was uncorroborated.ā
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He lauded the FBI for a āreally detailed thorough professionalā report.Ā
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āThe extra week delay was a terrific thing for the process. So we have a great new Supreme Court justice and heās going to be there for many years. We are very very proud of him and what he and his family had to endure. Itās a great testament and itās a testament also to our country.ā
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After speaking to pool he walked over to a viewing pen. Shook hands. HeĀ signed at least two Make America Great Again hats ā including one that he took off a manās head. He returned it a few moments later with his signature scrawled across the brim, placing it back on the manās head.
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āWe just signed the document,ā he said at one point. He thanked the crowd repeatedly. They had cheered him moments earlier when he walked out of the plane and raised his hands in a sort of time to cheer gesture.
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Thanks to co-pooler Emily Cochrane for assistance.
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Still driving.