Sen. Rand Paul said Monday that he will support Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh after meeting with him last week. Paul, meanwhile, has taken issue with Kavanaugh's record supporting the warrantless collection of telephone metadata. "I have expressed my concern over Judge Kavanaugh’s record on warrantless bulk collection of data and how that might apply to very important privacy cases before the Supreme Court," he said Monday. "My conversation with Judge Kavanaugh reinforces my belief that he will evaluate cases before the Supreme Court from a textual and originalist point of view," Paul said. Judge Kavanaugh will have my support and my vote to confirm him to the Supreme Court.”Republicans, with a 51-49 majority, have little wiggle room on the Kavanaugh vote.

Source: Fox News July 30, 2018 15:50 UTC