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Kavanaugh: Democrats focus on healthcare, Republicans on record

In the week of his nomination, Democrats mentioned Kavanaugh 1,368 statements to Republicans 1,084 statements. Democrats are leaning hard into healthcare with mentions of pre-existing condition, Roe v. Wade, and ACA all making the top ten keywords. Republicans are messaging Kavanaugh’s record with words like qualified, strong, service, and great.

Gorsuch: Democrats focused on Garland, Republicans on constitution

In the days following Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Republicans released double the number of statements on the nominee as Democrats—1,044 to 504. Democrats message spanned healthcare, corporate interest, and the Republicans delayed nomination of Judge Garland. With Gorsuch filling the late Justice Scalia’s seat, Republicans focused on the constitution and conservatism.

Garland: Democrats focused on Republican support, Republicans on delaying the nomination

As the minority party in the Senate, Democrats driving message following Garland’s nomination was calling on Republican support with keywords like constitutional duty, fair, deserve, and #DoYourJob. Across the aisle, Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) spearheaded the message of delaying the nomination for the “next president” to decide. [post_title] => Partisan Rhetoric of SCOTUS Nominations [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => partisan-rhetoric-of-scotus-nominations [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-22 19:09:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-22 19:09:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://marketing-staging.quorum.us/resources/partisan-rhetoric-of-scotus-nominations/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => resources [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [queried_object_id] => 1515 [request] => SELECT wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1 AND wp_posts.post_name = 'partisan-rhetoric-of-scotus-nominations' AND wp_posts.post_type = 'resources' ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC [posts] => Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1515 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2018-07-14 00:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2018-07-14 00:00:00 [post_content] => With the retirement announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, to fill the seat. In the three days following his nomination, members of Congress released 2,450 statements mentioning Kavanaugh—outpacing the 1,542 statements made on Gorsuch and 1,403 statements made on Garland in the same time frame following their nominations. With partisan rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle, here’s a look into how Republicans and Democrats messaged the past three SCOTUS nominees:

Kavanaugh: Democrats focus on healthcare, Republicans on record

In the week of his nomination, Democrats mentioned Kavanaugh 1,368 statements to Republicans 1,084 statements. Democrats are leaning hard into healthcare with mentions of pre-existing condition, Roe v. Wade, and ACA all making the top ten keywords. Republicans are messaging Kavanaugh’s record with words like qualified, strong, service, and great.

Gorsuch: Democrats focused on Garland, Republicans on constitution

In the days following Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Republicans released double the number of statements on the nominee as Democrats—1,044 to 504. Democrats message spanned healthcare, corporate interest, and the Republicans delayed nomination of Judge Garland. With Gorsuch filling the late Justice Scalia’s seat, Republicans focused on the constitution and conservatism.

Garland: Democrats focused on Republican support, Republicans on delaying the nomination

As the minority party in the Senate, Democrats driving message following Garland’s nomination was calling on Republican support with keywords like constitutional duty, fair, deserve, and #DoYourJob. Across the aisle, Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) spearheaded the message of delaying the nomination for the “next president” to decide. [post_title] => Partisan Rhetoric of SCOTUS Nominations [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => partisan-rhetoric-of-scotus-nominations [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-22 19:09:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-22 19:09:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://marketing-staging.quorum.us/resources/partisan-rhetoric-of-scotus-nominations/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => resources [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 1 [current_post] => -1 [before_loop] => 1 [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1515 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2018-07-14 00:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2018-07-14 00:00:00 [post_content] => With the retirement announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, to fill the seat. In the three days following his nomination, members of Congress released 2,450 statements mentioning Kavanaugh—outpacing the 1,542 statements made on Gorsuch and 1,403 statements made on Garland in the same time frame following their nominations. With partisan rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle, here’s a look into how Republicans and Democrats messaged the past three SCOTUS nominees:

Kavanaugh: Democrats focus on healthcare, Republicans on record

In the week of his nomination, Democrats mentioned Kavanaugh 1,368 statements to Republicans 1,084 statements. Democrats are leaning hard into healthcare with mentions of pre-existing condition, Roe v. Wade, and ACA all making the top ten keywords. Republicans are messaging Kavanaugh’s record with words like qualified, strong, service, and great.

Gorsuch: Democrats focused on Garland, Republicans on constitution

In the days following Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Republicans released double the number of statements on the nominee as Democrats—1,044 to 504. Democrats message spanned healthcare, corporate interest, and the Republicans delayed nomination of Judge Garland. With Gorsuch filling the late Justice Scalia’s seat, Republicans focused on the constitution and conservatism.

Garland: Democrats focused on Republican support, Republicans on delaying the nomination

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Partisan Rhetoric of SCOTUS Nominations

Partisan Rhetoric of SCOTUS Nominations

With the retirement announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, to fill the seat. In the three days following his nomination, members of Congress released 2,450 statements mentioning Kavanaugh—outpacing the 1,542 statements made on Gorsuch and 1,403 statements made on Garland in the same time frame following their nominations. With partisan rhetoric flying from both sides of the aisle, here’s a look into how Republicans and Democrats messaged the past three SCOTUS nominees:

Kavanaugh: Democrats focus on healthcare, Republicans on record

In the week of his nomination, Democrats mentioned Kavanaugh 1,368 statements to Republicans 1,084 statements. Democrats are leaning hard into healthcare with mentions of pre-existing condition, Roe v. Wade, and ACA all making the top ten keywords. Republicans are messaging Kavanaugh’s record with words like qualified, strong, service, and great.

Gorsuch: Democrats focused on Garland, Republicans on constitution

In the days following Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Republicans released double the number of statements on the nominee as Democrats—1,044 to 504. Democrats message spanned healthcare, corporate interest, and the Republicans delayed nomination of Judge Garland. With Gorsuch filling the late Justice Scalia’s seat, Republicans focused on the constitution and conservatism.

Garland: Democrats focused on Republican support, Republicans on delaying the nomination

As the minority party in the Senate, Democrats driving message following Garland’s nomination was calling on Republican support with keywords like constitutional duty, fair, deserve, and #DoYourJob. Across the aisle, Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) spearheaded the message of delaying the nomination for the “next president” to decide.