Hatch slams Democrats for 'character assassination' of Kavanaugh

[TexasTowelie]

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Orrin Hatch slammed Democrats Monday for "partisan games and transparent attempts at character assassination" against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

"No innuendo has been too low, no insinuation too dirty. Everything is an excuse for delay, no matter how unsubstantiated," the Utah Republican said in a statement, calling for a vote on Kavanaugh after he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.

The retiring senator, who participated in the confirmations of every member of the high court during his 42 years in office, called the new allegation that has surfaced against Kavanaugh a continuation of "a smear campaign."

The New Yorker reported Sunday that during the 1983-84 academic year, Kavanaugh's first year at Yale University, a female classmate said he exposed himself at a dormitory party.

Read more: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900033396/hatch-slams-democrats-for-character-assassination-of-kavanaugh.html

[Iliyah]

1. I don't care.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Then call the FBI and quit yammering about it.

Geez.

[atreides1]

3. Says the man

With the invisible glasses!!!

[dchill]

4. "No innuendo has been too low, no insinuation too dirty..."

for Hatch and the Republican Party to use against Democrats, and anyone else who mentions the FBI and Kavanaugh in the same sentence. Why is NO other Republican on the committee demanding an investigation? Is it really OK to put a rapist on the Supreme Court?

[John1956PA]

5. 1991, Hatch said the same thing about critics of Carence Thomas.

In the televised 1991 hearings, Hatch said that the opposition against Clarence Thomas was being led by "smart lawyers" who were manipulating the history of Thomas's career and personal life. Hatch used that term, "smart lawyers," at least three times in the space of less than a minute in an attempt to persuade viewers that Thomas was being victimized by unscrupulous attorneys working on behalf of the Democrats.