Sens. David Perdue (left) Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, gave speeches on the Senate floor Thursday praising Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Courtesy photos)

Georgia's senators took their support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh a step further Thursday, urging their colleagues to confirm President Donald Trump's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, both Republicans, each gave speeches on the Senate floor Thursday praising Kavanaugh, who currently is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“There's no better person to do the job,” Isakson said. “Brett Kavanaugh is the real deal.”

Isakson praised Kavanaugh's distinguished education from Yale, where he graduated cum laude. He also applauded Kavanaugh's training of his judicial clerks, 39 of whom have gone on to clerk for the Supreme Court—among them new 11th Circuit Judge Britt Grant of Georgia, who was confirmed by the Senate on July 31.

Isakson also noted that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan hired Kavanaugh as the Samuel Williston Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School.

“He's written so much that has been copied by other courts and adopted as a part of the law that it is a great testament to his ability and his intellect,” Isakson said.

Perdue also praised Kavanaugh's record.

“Judge Kavanaugh is an accomplished, experienced jurist with over 300 published opinions. More than 50 circuit court opinions cite one of his concurrences or dissents, and the Supreme Court has actually endorsed his opinions more than a dozen times,” Perdue said.

Perdue condemned Democrats' opposition to the nomination.

“Even with Judge Kavanaugh's outstanding qualifications that transcend party lines, some of my colleagues across the aisle are already hysterically opposing him,” Perdue said. “In fact, some of my colleagues promised to vote against the nominee before Judge Kavanaugh had even officially been nominated. That kind of blind partisanship is exactly what the American people find unacceptable about Washington.”

Perdue and Isakson urged their colleagues to vote in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation.