\u201cEven by the far left\u2019s standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low,\u201d McConnell said in an angry speech on the Senate floor.<\/b>
\nWith new allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh swirling, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of a \u201cshameful smear campaign\u201d intended to derail his confirmation to the high court.
\u201cEven by the far left\u2019s standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low,\u201d McConnell said in an angry speech on the Senate floor. \u201cSenate Democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a man\u2019s personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations.\u201d
The Kentucky Republican used the word \u201csmear\u201d at least six times in his remarks.
McConnell\u2019s comments come amid two new reports of women who are accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. On Sunday, the New Yorker published an article by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer reporting the allegations of Deborah Ramirez, a college classmate of Kavanaugh. She told them Kavanaugh thrust his penis at her face during a dorm-room party when they were both freshmen at Yale.
Kavanaugh strongly denied the allegation, saying, \u201cThis is a smear, plain and simple.\u201d The White House dismissed it as \u201cthe latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man.\u201d
Ramirez is the second woman to publicly accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. The first, Christine Blasey Ford, said that Kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a party in suburban Maryland when they were teenagers. Ford and Kavanaugh are scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
Earlier Monday, the Montgomery County (Md.) Sentinel reported that authorities are investigating an allegation by an unnamed woman of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, also dating from high school.
Meanwhile, Stormy Daniels\u2019s attorney, Michael Avenatti, said he is representing a woman who has \u201ccredible information\u201d about Kavanaugh. It\u2019s unclear whether the woman is the same one mentioned in the Sentinel\u2019s report.
\u201cThey were going to do whatever they could to stop this qualified, experienced and mainstream nominee,\u201d McConnell said of the Democrats opposed to Kavanaugh. \u201cIt\u2019s despicable.\u201d
Arriving at the United Nations in New York City earlier Monday, President Trump said he is standing by Kavanaugh .
\u201cI am with him all the way,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how it goes with the Senate; we\u2019ll see how it goes for the vote. I think it could be \u2014 there\u2019s a chance this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything.\u201d
He added: \u201cFor people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago, and never mention it and all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion, it\u2019s totally political. It\u2019s totally political.\u201d
On Monday afternoon, Trump told reporters that he hopes Kavanaugh will be confirmed \u201cquickly.\u201d
\u201cHis family has suffered,\u201d the president said. \u201cBrett Kavanaugh is an absolute outstanding person. Hopefully he will be confirmed quickly.\u201d
Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D. C., on Friday, McConnell dismissed the allegations against Kavanaugh and predicted his swift confirmation.
\u201cPresident Trump has nominated a stunningly successful individual,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cYou watch the fight, you watch the tactics, but here\u2019s what I want to tell you. In the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court.\u201d
\u201cKeep the faith,\u201d he continued. \u201cDon\u2019t get rattled by all this. We\u2019re gonna plow right through it.\u201d
McConnell \u2014 who refused to hold a hearing for President Barack Obama\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, much less a vote \u2014 vowed that he would get Kavanaugh\u2019s nomination to the floor.
\u201cJudge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor,\u201d he said. \u201cUp or down, on the Senate floor, this fine nominee to the Supreme Court will receive a vote in this Senate in the near future.\u201d
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