WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was \u201cstunned\u201d by Judge Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s temperament before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including his personal inquisition about her\u2026<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was \u201cstunned\u201d by Judge Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s temperament before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including his personal inquisition about her drinking habits.
\u201cI was really stunned by how he acted at that hearing,\u201d Klobuchar (D-Minn.) told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cThis is basically a job interview for the highest court of the land.\u201d
Kavanaugh raged against Democratic senators Thursday and accused them of trying to derail his nomination with false sexual assault allegations as \u201crevenge\u201d for Hillary Clinton losing the White House in 2016.
A seething Kavanaugh repeatedly refused to answer Democrats\u2019 questions and instead took to grilling the senators himself. In one memorable exchange, Klobuchar asked whether Kavanaugh ever got so drunk he couldn\u2019t remember what happened the night before.
\u201cYou\u2019re asking about a blackout,\u201d the judge responded. \u201cI don\u2019t know, have you?\u201d
After a break, Kavanaugh later apologized to Klobuchar, whose dad is a recovering alcoholic.
Kavanaugh has vehemently denied he sexually assaulted anyone \u2013 ever. While Christine Blasey Ford told the Judiciary Committee she\u2019s \u201c100 percent\u201d positive Kavanaugh attempted to rape her while he was intoxicated during a party in high school.
In her questioning, Klobuchar was probing whether Kavanaugh had a habit of getting so belligerent he could have forgotten his actions. Kavanaugh said he wanted to know if the senator had ever blacked out.
\u201cI have no drinking problem,\u201d Klobuchar responded.
\u201cNor do I,\u201d Kavanaugh said.
Kavanaugh\u2019s open contempt for Democrats throughout the hearing and emotional testimony raised new questions among liberals on whether the judge has the judicial temperament to fairly decide cases.
Sen. Mazie Hirono said Kavanaugh may have to recuse himself from future cases involving Democrats because \u201che has totally showed himself\u2026to be a political operative and the partisan operative that he has been,\u201d the Hawaii Democrat told ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d \u201cThe veil is revealed.\u201d
Hirono called it so \u201cbizarre\u201d Kavanaugh would accuse Democrats of a \u201cconspiracy to do him in.\u201d
\u201cEveryone acknowledges, including Judge Kavanaugh, that Dr. Ford is not being politically motivated,\u201d Hirono said.<\/p>\n

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