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He implicitly threatened to tank Kavanaugh’s nomination.
It could be corroborating evidence for Ford’s account.
House lawmakers staged a protest, too.
“You’re telling all women that they don’t matter,” one woman said.
Once considered a swing vote, Flake is now voting for Kavanaugh.
The hearing quickly derailed — if the purpose was any meaningful fact-finding.
Kavanaugh has said it was a reference to flatulence. But the history of the word as a slang term suggests otherwise.
“If there is no truth to her charges, the FBI investigation will show that. Are you afraid that they might not?”
As she told her story, women across the country responded with their own stories.
Senate Republicans might be softening on Kavanaugh — and jockeying behind the scenes for one of these judges to replace him.
Robert Bork’s Supreme Court hearings changed politics — but not how you might think.
Ford’s hearing was alternately moving, bizarre, and infuriating.
Graham is repeatedly, glibly dismissing Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations.
“The point is that there are teenage girls who don’t tell stories to a lot of people.”
Her testimony recalled the assault in detail.