Biden Court nominee Dale Ho accused of lying to Senators

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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) gave a barnburner of a performance, asking Ho if he would withdraw his nomination if found to have called the Republican Party an “anti-democratic virus.”

Dale Ho was reminded that he was under oath, but nonetheless said that he didn’t “believe” he had made the statement. Senator Kennedy asked him if he would withdraw his nomination if it was proven that he had used those words to describe the Republican Party.

“Did you say, quote, ‘Republicanism is anti-democratic virus’?” Sen. Kennedy asked.

“No, Senator, I don’t believe I’ve used those words,” Ho replied.

“Okay, you’re under oath now,” Kennedy pointed out.

“Yes, Senator, I – I don’t believe I’ve used those words,” Ho repeated. “I do remember saying last year that ‘there was a… loss of confidence in our elections that has spread kind of like a virus’,” he continued.

“Right, well, that’s a long way from calling the Republican Party an ‘anti-democratic virus’,” Kennedy remarked.

“Yes, it’s very different, and I don’t believe I used those words,” Ho said again.

“Right, right,” the senator responded. “If you did use those words, will you pull down your nomination?”

“Senator, I don’t believe I’ve used those words,” Ho said a fourth time.

“But if you did,” Kennedy refrained. “Will you withdraw?”

“I can’t imagine a scenario in which I would use those words,” he replied.

But there is a scenario in which Ho actually did use those words: An interview with the New York Times.

In a Times article called, “An Indelible Stain’: How the G.O.P. Tried to Topple a Pillar of Democracy” (a fake news story), Ho made the following remark:



“There is an anti-democratic virus that has spread in mainstream Republicanism, among mainstream Republican elected officials. And that loss of faith in the machinery of democracy is a much bigger problem than any individual lawsuit.”

Dale Ho now knows what he must do.
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I suspect Democrats do not care that Ho lied because they want radicals like him on the bench.  I wonder if the NY Times will report that Ho lied or will they make excuses for him.  Kennedy looks like a seasoned trial lawyer who knows how to make a case to a jury.  BTW, Cruz also reminded Ho of his intemperate remarks.

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