Friday, 28 September 2018

With his fiery testimony, Kavanaugh appears more Trump-like than ever

Supreme court nominee seemed to to be channeling the president when he came out swinging at an extraordinary hearing

Earlier this month, Brett Kavanaugh presented himself to the Senate Judiciary Committee as an affable, even-keeled girls basketball coach, who patiently answered questions amid a four-day spectacle that was interrupted by protests and partisan bickering.

On Thursday, he tried a new approach. Ripped from the pages of the Donald Trump playbook, Kavanaugh was defiant and combative throughout an hours-long hearing that will determine whether he ascends to the nation’s highest court.

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