Democratic Sen. Chris Coons says it's 'premature' to consider impeaching Kavanaugh

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on NBC
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A petition to impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh began circulating immediately after his swearing in on Saturday, and some congressional Democrats have already signaled their interest in such a proposal should they retake the House in November.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Sunday urged a more patient approach, arguing impeachment talk at this stage is "premature." "Frankly, we are just less than a month away from an election. Folks who feel very strongly one way or the other about the issues in front of us should get out and vote and participate," he said on NBC's Meet the Press.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.