Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) said Sunday that Republicans will not launch the same kind of "grotesque smear campaigns" against President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee that Democrats did when conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh were selected in the past
"I suspect we'll all keep an open mind. We will review the nominee on her merits. I can't say that I've got wild expectations that Joe Biden is going to nominate someone who I think I can support or many Republicans can support, because I've seen dozens of his nominees to the lower courts, and they've almost, to a person, been left-wing ideologues who think judges should make the law, rather than apply and uphold the Constitution and the laws as they are passed," Cotton said during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday."
"I can say one thing that I won't do, and I doubt any Republican will do, is engage in the kind of grotesque smear campaigns against the character of fine men like Clarence Thomas, stories we saw like what happened with Brett Kavanaugh two years ago," he continued. "We'll give a thorough vetting into any nominee's legal philosophies, as well as their career, and their character and their temperament."
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