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Political Cornflakes, July 20, 2018

Orrin Hatch deploys sarcasm in his fight to see Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed. Critics decry the lack of public input in the inland port legislation, while top political leaders simply want to move on and leave controversy behind.

Happy Friday! Sen. Orrin Hatch is employing a new weapon in his battle to see Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh confirmed: sarcasm. In an op-ed piece, he mocks news stories about Kavanaugh’s credit card debt to buy baseball tickets and opponents' rush to fill in the blanks on their picket signs — asserting that there is no legitimate criticism of the judge.