reporter: supreme court nominee skbauchb facing intense criticism for his partisan attacks on democrats in thursday s senate judiciary hearing. here s kavanaugh in his own words of watch this. there s been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything to block my confirmation. the behavior of several democratic members was an embarrassment, but at least it was a good, old fashioned attempt at borking. crazy stuff, gangs, illegitimate children, fights on boats, all nonsense. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with parent pent up anger
the hour, starting with this. indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. between the two, and they re having fun at my expense. dr. ford, with what degree of certainly do you believe bret kavanaugh assaulted you? 100%. you sewed the wind for decades to come. i fear that the whole country will reap the whirlwind. the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee at my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment, but at least it was just a good old fashioned attempt at borking. none of these allegations are true? correct. no doubt in your mind? zero, 100% certain. not even a cintilla? not a scintilla.
whirlwind. the behavior of several of the democratic members of this committee in my hearing a few weeks ago was an embarrassment, but at least it was just a good old-fashioned attempt at borking. those efforts didn t work. when i did at least okay enough at the hearings that it looked like i might actually get confirmed, a new tactic was needed. some of you were lying in wait and had it ready. a long series of false last-minute smears designed to scare me and drive me out of the process before any hearing occurred. you have tried hard. you ve given it your all. no one can question your effort. but your coordinated and well-funded effort to destroy my good name and to destroy my family will not drive me out. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and
midterms, they hope they win and they hope they stop donaldl trump from fulfilling a campaign promise and constitutional obligation.y watch the echo chamber and on the other side of this, i willa explain why this is phony, and they know it. take a look. the behavior of several democratic members of this committee a few weeks ago at my hearing was an embarrassment, but at least it was just an old-fashioned attempts at borking. those efforts didn t work. when i did at least okay enough at the hearings that it looked like i might actually get confirmed, a new tactic was needed. some of you were lying in wait, and had it ready.e this first allegation was held in secret for weeks by a democratic member of this committee and by staff. it would be needed only if you couldn t take me out on the merits. when it was needed, this allegation was unleashed and
g.o.p. was so set on moving this forward so quickly. if they i think they are not trustful. they re not trustful of the left right now because the thinking is trish, no one trusts each other. you had information and you didn t do anything with it. why didn t you let us know about it? maybe you wanted, maybe you just wanted to bring it forward at the 11th hour and that is what we are witnessing right now. i will tell you, marie, it was terrible for her. i was terrible for him. and most importantly it was terrible for this country. what we saw as a nation yesterday made every single one of us sad. we shouldn t be in this spot and it could have been prevented had dianne feinstein done her patriotic duty. or if chuck grassley had two weeks ago when the story first leaked asked for an f.b.i. investigation then senator feinstein could have asked for an f.b.i. investigation. she sat on so could chuck grassley have, lisa. she could have done it in a private manner. nobody