Dem Sen. Pat Leahy's 'never seen anything like' unfair treatment of Biden's SCOTUS nominee

Doug P. | 3:30 PM on March 23, 2022

A couple days ago during opening remarks at the Senate confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson, a CNN+ producer had a “hunch” that Republicans were still mad about Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing that Democrats turned into a circus of smears.

If Republicans are still mad about the Kavanaugh hearing, it looks like at least one Democrat doesn’t even remember it. Here’s what Democrat Sen. Pat Leahy said today:

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1506682703361585156

Patrick Leahy savaged Lindsey Graham's aggressive questions to Ketanji Brown Jackson as unprecedented in his 48 years.

"To see the badgering of this woman as she's trying to testify, I thought was outrageous," Leahy says. https://t.co/CdQ5uRGaOQ

— Congress Minutes (@politicongress) March 23, 2022

Sen. Patrick Leahy told reporters that Sen. Lindsey Graham's line of questioning for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was "outrageous," adding, "I've never seen anything like it. I've been here 48 years."https://t.co/EIotGoPhTt

— Axios (@axios) March 23, 2022

Leahy’s comment also contains a terrific argument for term limits.

https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1506684084701085699

He’s either forgotten or is pretending the Kavanaugh hearing (and some others) never happened.

https://twitter.com/Skye_1008/status/1506694464680730632

Oh no, did he accuse her of gang rape? Shameful. https://t.co/JrL95gefMj

— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) March 23, 2022

Dems are not happy because Republicans were questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson about her record on the bench, but maybe they’d have been more comfortable if she’d have been grilled about drinking beer in college.