Asked whether the White House has the support of four publicly undecided senators on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, deputy press secretary Raj Shah replied, “At this moment, I cannot say for certain that we do.” | Win McNamee/Getty Images White House White House spokesman: Can't say 'for certain' that we have the votes for Kavanaugh

White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said Friday that he couldn’t say “for certain” that President Donald Trump has enough Senate support to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, though he said “we’re getting there” on securing votes.

Shah’s statement came one day after Kavanaugh spent hours Thursday vigorously denying an allegation that he sexually assualted professor Christine Blasey Ford while the two were in high school. After hearing from both Kavanaugh and Ford, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Friday morning to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate floor.


“We believe we’re getting there,” Shah said on CNN when asked if the White House has the votes for Kavanaugh. “We think that yesterday was a strong step forward. We had very compelling testimony from both Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford.”

A handful of key senators, including Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Flake, as well as Democrat Joe Manchin, are being closely watched to see where they land on Kavanaugh. All four have yet to announce how they will vote on the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation.

Asked whether the White House has the support of those four senators, Shah replied, “at this moment, I cannot say for certain that we do. We think that Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony certainly moved them in the right direction.”