in a short time, the Senate will take a final vote on the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The road that led us here has been bitter, angry, and partisan, steeped in hypocrisy, hyperbole, resentment, and outrage. From start to finish, President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has been one of the saddest moments in the history of the Senate. When the history of the Senate is written, this chapter will be a flashing red warning light of what to avoid. Truly, Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation is a low moment for the Senate, for the Court, and for the country. The Republican majority has conducted one of the least transparent, least fair, and most biased processes in Senate history, slanting the table from the very beginning to produce their desired result. Why do I say this? Because they withheld over 90 percent of the nominee's record from the Senate and the American people; because they refused to allow Dr. Ford to call a single corroborating witness at the hearing, including the only other eyewitness to the incident; because they refused to have an independent investigation of the facts before the hearing in order to inform the questioning; because they hired an outside prosecutor to question Dr.…
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