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Character smear that sadly our democratic colleagues have gotten very good at. judge jackson, i can assure you, that your hearing will feature none of that disgraceful behavior. no one is going to inquire into your teenage dating habits. no one is going to ask you with mock severity do you like beer? >> brian: hopefully. tim scott is the republican senator from south carolina. senator, your thoughts about day one? i know you were traveling a little bit but they want to make it clear, the republi...

Wont turn the hearing into a smear campaign like democrats have. >> this will not be a political circus. this will not be the kind of character smear that sadly our democratic colleagues have gotten very good at. >> the most nominee was subjected to accusations about that unfiltered bigotry. >> no republican senator is going to unleash on you and attack about your character when the hearing is virtually over. none of us, i hope, have been sitting on information about you as a person for weeks or...

Last-minute character smear. thats not fair to him or to her. >> and dianne feinstein, every time shes asked, she says this was specifically because she was honoring the wishes of this victim who brought this story to her, wanted to tell someone, and then said she did not want it to be revealed. dianne feinstein can answer more questions on it. i want to ask you, if christine blasey fords story is true, if it is credible, would that be disqualifying for brett kavanaugh to sit on the high court o...

On this attack with the last-minute character smear of a judge who has served with respect and with honor in the public service for most of his life. so i hope that senate judiciary committee and senators as a whole can give both sides a chance to get heard in short order. >> sandra: thats what jeff flake the republican senator is saying. this confirmation process should not move forward until ford is heard out. he issued this statement if they push forward without any attempt hearing what she h...

College with him and 84 women from the bush white house believe that he is a man of character. carrie, what is this all about, where is this allegation coming from, and is it truly political? >> yeah. we know very little about the details. its 35-year-old events, its anonymous person, but on the other hand, we have all these women who have attested to his integrity the as you have mentioned. mentioned in the allegation saying unequivocally this didnt happen. senator feinstein had this informatio...

Whats the argument to slow this down, against having people come forward and answer some questions. not racing towards this thursdays vote. >> the argument for slowing down is that theres a precedent for it and it happened in the clarence thomas hearing. you have those who regard it add a character smear. the allegations were not serious and that id brought down the character of clarence thomas. this is an excellent window into how society looks at sexual assault. we should ask ourselves what ki...