Claire McCaskill: “I take great pride in the bipartisan spirit this Committee has historically forged.”

First, people were put on the court with a political two by four wielded by Mitch McConnell. First by denying a sitting president an opportunity to name a Supreme Court justice, first time in history.

This is a guy who is really out of touch. I mean let me count the ways the legitimacy can be questioned.

I think more importantly, what we're going to see, and this is what I really do believe, is that will we defy history by having the kind of turnout with the party who holds power and holds the presidency, will we have the kind of turnout…

Third, he`s got a guy sitting on the Supreme Court whose wife is helping plot to overthrow the government.