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Not the first question that would occur to me to ask when interviewing a very Catholic mother of seven, but Hirono’s prone to losing her mind during Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Remember two years ago when she said Brett Kavanaugh might not enjoy the same presumption of innocence on a rape claim as everyone else because he’s a judicial conservative? Or when she asked American men — writ large — to just shut up for awhile? I probably have it wrong. She doesn’t lose her mind during Court confirmations. She lost her mind some time ago and we only notice during confirmation hearings. Although, having said that, this clip isn’t quite as outrageous as the headline might suggest: Sen. Mazie Hirono asks ACB “since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?” pic.twitter.com/6JgLkoIXIF Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 13,2020 She’s not pulling Kavanaugh 2.0 here on Barrett, she’s enforcing a general #MeToo policy which she applies in all confirmation hearings. She announced it at the start of 2018: Starting today, I’m asking nominees to our courts, under oath, whether or not they have a history of sexual assault or harassment. Like in other industries, our judges are in positions of power & #TimesUp. pic.twitter.com/Jk0NcTBi3h — Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) January 10, 2018 She asks this question of all nominees and felt, I guess, that evenhandedness required her to ask it of Barrett as well even though the exchange looks preposterous.
