Mazie Hirono: “I have to say I am sick of this. I am sick of everyone who wants to rewrite the history of what happened in the Senate…”

“I have to say I am sick of this. I am sick of everyone who wants to rewrite the history of what happened in the Senate with the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States. It isn't even over yet, and they want people to believe that what we have witnessed over the past weeks was what they call a ``political hit job perpetrated by Democrats with a grudge.'' That is the story the nominee himself tried to sell in his testimony on Thursday. He accused Democrats of lying in wait. He twisted Ranking Member Feinstein's respect for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's wish for privacy. He falsely claimed Democrats had her accusation ``ready,'' that Dr. Ford's accusation ``was held in secret for weeks,'' because the Democrats, as Judge Kavanaugh put it, ``couldn't take me out on the merits.'' What a paranoid fantasy. Brett Kavanaugh's entire performance was an hour's long rant. I am quoting him. He said: This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election. Fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. Revenge on behalf of the Clintons, and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups. Unbelievable, in my view. He claimed to have written this screed on his own without showing it to any of his handlers.…”