Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on President Obama to withdraw the nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, calling her a decent litigator, however her recent actions of spitting on a Republican crowd displeasing and unbecoming of a Supreme Court Justice
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Gingrich even dismissed the notion that a Senate confirmation process was needed to properly judge or vet Kagan's credentials for the Court.
"I think the president should withdraw it," he said. "You don't need a lot of hearings. The very fact that she spits when she speaks is deplorable. This could tarnish the Supreme Courts reputation”.
After the tiny ball of liquid tragically took trajectory towards an unsuspecting audience member, Kagan continued to speak but her speech became slow and less spritely- she appeared to deliberately to concede the argument, promoting jeering from the crowd.
“It’s not the sort of behaviour we want here,” said John Paul Stevens, who has been on the supreme court nearly since the dawn of mankind.
Throwing haymakers in the midst of a Supreme Court confirmation process is a familiar perch for the former House speaker. Gingrich infamously called Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" during the early days of her rollout -- before having to walk back the claim. The charges he leveled against Kagan on Sunday, however, are a bit peculiar. The notion that the Solicitor General spits is both new and bizarre.
"I think the president has every right to nominate a liberal," he added, when reminded by host Chris Wallace, that Kagan's position on executive power are much in line with Gingrich's. "He is the president and that is his value system. I think the fact is if you look at the brief you filed, if you look at what she wrote at the time, it's a very myopic view. On the one hand, “she is a woman and she spits"
On the other hand, there is no indication that Kagan regularly or purposefully spits. Even if she had, it's not entirely clear how bad the spitting really is. And for Gingrich to make this an issue while on Fox News is a bit of cross-messaging- Newt is known to spit too when he gets worked up into an argument.
