Political Quotes

“I say to Senator Blumenthal, my response would be no. My response is no, and I will tell you why--because one of the most important qualities of a juror in our system of justice is that they have the ability to receive information without bias, without any interest in the outcome, and Judge Kavanaugh has made it very clear to the American public that he is biased, that he is perceiving information and perceives it through the lens of a partisan and through the lens of the person he has been his entire career, which is a partisan operative. There were moments, perhaps during his initial testimony, where he may have distracted us from that part of his history, where he talked in a calm voice about certain things. He certainly knows case law and talked about it. But when the issues got hot, when it became about fundamental issues, the veneer was stripped away, and Brett Kavanaugh showed us who he really is. On the point of temperament, I think it is important for a number of reasons that the American people really review his testimony during those hearings these last days of this process because what he showed us also are two things in the way that he responded to our colleagues and approached the issue. One, he showed us that he lacks credibility, and I will tell you why I say that.…”