Sen. Angus King Admits His Vote For Anti-Abortion Judge Was 'A Mistake'
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) admitted Thursday that he made “a mistake” by voting to confirm Josh Divine, a 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of litigation against abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship.
King told HuffPost that he voted Tuesday to confirm Divine after talking to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who gave Divine “a strong reference.” Divine, who will now serve on a U.S. district court in Missouri, used to be Hawley’s chief counsel.
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice,” said the Maine senator. “In retrospect, I think it was a mistake, from what I’ve learned about Mr. Divine since. But sometimes, you rely on your colleagues.”
Asked if he was aware of Divine’s record on abortion rights, King said, “Not fully.”
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for gods sake--HOW DOES ANGUS KING MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THIS?????
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Josh Divine, now confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship in Missouri, has a long record of litigation against women’s reproductive rights.Kansas City Star via Getty Images
Divine’s record of attacking women’s reproductive rights is well-established.
As solicitor general of Missouri, he led a major challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s decades-long approval of mifepristone, aka the abortion pill. He also defended his state’s efforts to block Planned Parenthood from getting Medicaid reimbursements, and defended his state’s extreme requirements for accessing abortion care, including making women endure mandatory waiting periods, ultrasounds and pelvic exams.
Divine has gone after LGBTQ+ rights, too, when he defended Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors and represented the state in a case trying to challenge conversion therapy bans.
decades of conservative decisions from him!!
>> I took Josh Hawley’s advice
