Angry and embittered, Kavanaugh casts nomination in partisan terms

Frequently angry and sometimes on the edge of tears, Brett Kavanaugh sought to rescue his nomination to the Supreme Court in a dramatic turn before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rebutting Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault, Kavanaugh cast himself as the victim, bitterly attacking the 10 Democrats seated before him. “This is a circus,” Kavanaugh said with spite that resounded across the packed Senate hearing room, where the audience included actress-turned-liberal-activist Alyssa Milano and Facebook’s top Washington executive, Joel Kaplan, a friend of Kavanaugh from their time in the George W. Bush administration.