Some doubted that even Senate Democrats would be able to outdo the sordidness and absurdity they displayed during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation. Mazie Hirono has managed to sink to this challenge. Presumably with a straight face, she asked Amy Coney Barrett whether she had ever committed sexual assault.

Wondered Senator Hirono,

“Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors, or committed any physical or verbal harassment or assault of a sexual nature?”

Despite receiving a negative answer to this undignified question, Hirono pursued it further:

“Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?”

Unsurprisingly, the answer was again no. But maybe we should check with Christine Blasey Ford to make sure ACB isn’t lying.

Why any decent person would choose to identify with Democrats has become incomprehensible.

Barrett’s stellar qualifications are irrelevant. Senators will vote for or against her on party lines. This means the confirmation hearings are a sham, serving only as political theater. Taxpayer money would be spent more appropriately if the Senate had the vote immediately, and let Hirono et al stage their spectacle in the back tent at a carnival.

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