Trump, Republicans needed Kavanaugh

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The Federalist Society made it perfectly clear that it had no favorites or preferences among those on the list of judges recommended to President Donald Trump, which means that Judge Brett Kavanaugh was not its first choice or top preference.

It is 100 percent irrational and entirely ridiculous for Trump and the Republicans to have “died on that hill” when it came to Kavanaugh. Surely, somebody else that the Federalist Society recom- mended would have wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade and been more open to states’ rights on different issues, such as gay marriage and gerrymandering.

But if you believe, as I do, that not only is Trump afraid of special counsel Robert Mueller, but Republicans as a whole are too, you’ll then begin to see that Kavanaugh was needed to protect both Trump and the GOP because Russian collusion probably runs deep and Trump is likely not alone in this. Jeremy Levine Union, N.J.