Honestly? We’re kinda mad at Maria Cantwell for not coming out against Brett Kavanaugh until halfway into his first hearing. At the same time, we feel kinda bad that Cantwell has to pretend to run against Susan Hutchison, the former chair of the Washington State Republican Party. Hutchison only got into this race to prevent a gun nut named Joey Gibson from topping the GOP ticket.
Cantwell, who is running for her fourth term, is good on net neutrality, immigration, and the opioid crisis. After losing by 30 points in the primary, Hutchison has tried everything to make some headlines. She blamed the summer wildfires on Cantwell, despite the fact that this year Cantwell secured $2 billion for “Forest Service efforts to combat the blazes” and $1 million for studying cancers in firefighters.
