- President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s
- But despite hours of emotionally jarring testimony on both sides and no conclusions reached, the Senate is set to vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation on Friday morning.
- By refusing to explore every avenue of investigation into the sexual assault claims against Kavanaugh, Republicans look as though they're trying to push through a nominee credibly accused of sex crimes.
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Republicans sustain critical self-inflicted wound from emotionally painful Kavanaugh hearing
In back-to-back testimonies, Ford and Kavanaugh couldn’t have appeared more different. Ford gave slow, steady, consistent answers portraying a past trauma she had lived with for decades. Kavanaugh’s voice boomed through an angry opening statement where he mourned his overnight loss social standing.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.
But whether or not Kavanaugh gets confirmed on Friday, the Republicans have suffered a self-inflicted wound by their public alignment with a powerful man accused of sexual misconduct and their attempts to minimize the suffering of a woman who credibly alleges traumatic abuse at Kavanaugh’s hands.
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