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But this time they're about to. >> i'm gonna go throughout this country and let people in these purple states, red states where trump won, know what i thought, know what i think about this process. >> reporter: while noisy anti-kavanaugh protesters got a lot of attention on the hill last week, republicans now believe a silent majority is more mad about kavanaugh. >> what i think this has done for us is provide the kind of adrenaline shot that we had not been able to figure out how to achieve in any other way. >> reporter: he spoke about how to get democrats from getting discouraged. she's goin...

Number one, take back the senate. number two, take back the house. number three, return the power to the people where it belongs. >> exactly one week since dr. christine blasey ford testifiedr under oath about being sexually assaulted by kavanaugh as a teenager which he denies. her lawyers in a letter to fbi director christopher wray calle it "a stain on the process, and -- our american ideal of justice." here's how democratic senator bob menendez described the probe. >> you just read the fbi background report on kavanaugh. what are your thoughts, senator? >> well, if that's an investigation, ...

Reporters right after he reviewed the fbi's reopened background report on brett kavanaugh. joining us now live is senator booker. senator, thank you so much for taking time to be with us tonight. i know it's a pretty intense night. >> thank you, rachel. it's good to be on with you. >> i know you can only say so much about that fbi report. it is a confidential document. but there have been public characterizations made particularly by republican senators about what is in that report and what great news it is for senator kavanaugh -- excuse me, for judge kavanaugh. you said there are hints of mi...

Would see that clearly there were not relevant people interviewed, people that could help us get to the truth of this matter were not interviewed. and this is not just something about a he said/she said about something that happened in our neighborhood last week. this is about the supreme court of the united states of america. it's about an appointment to that court. it's about a lifetime appointment. >> a lifetime appointment. senator cory booker is a member of the judiciary committee. that was him today speaking with reporters right after he reviewed the fbi's reopened background report on b...

And -- our american ideal of justice." here's how democratic senator bob menendez described the probe. >> you just read the fbi background report on kavanaugh. what are your thoughts, senator? >> well, if that's an investigation, it's a bull [ bleep ] investigation. the reality is, that is not a full and thorough investigation. >> senate republicans declared victory announcing the fbi had found no corroboration or for the claim by deborah ramirez that kavanaugh exposed himself to her in college, an allegation he denies as well. it's hard to find corroboration if you're not even looking for it....