
UPDATE 1:15 pm An hour after this post originally went up, The Stranger received an e-mail from Cantwell spokesperson Bryan Watt saying: "Sorry for the delay here. She opposes."
Original post below.
The hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is getting real, with secret e-mails tumbling out and Senator Cory Booker risking expulsion from the Senate for personally exposing documents related Kavanaugh's views on race.
Amid all this, Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell still hasn't made clear where she stands on the Kavanaugh nomination.
While Washington State's other senator, Patty Murray, is urging her colleagues to join her in rejecting Kavanaugh, Senator Cantwell hasn't moved forward from her July 9 expression of "grave concerns" about the nominee.
Those "grave concerns" definitely seem like a signal about which way Cantwell's leaning, but the Senator, who's up for reelection this year, still hasn't said for sure that she's a "no" on Kavanaugh.
Early this morning I asked Cantwell's office whether she'll be voting for or against Kavanaugh. I'll post an update if I hear back.
Meanwhile, if you want to follow the advice of a Washington State woman who got arrested at the Kavanaugh hearings, or the advice of Senator Murray...
This couldn’t be more important.
We need your voices more than ever. #StopKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/nlrZFFbCv9
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) September 4, 2018
I urge anyone — woman or man — who is concerned right now to make that clear — loudly and immediately. #WhatsAtStake pic.twitter.com/8Qo7vG3b5U
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) September 4, 2018