SCOTUS

STEPHANOPOULOS Well it is ░░░░░░░░ s happening right now ░░░░░░░░ know it s going ░░░░░░░░ be going on this ░░░░░░░░ You heard Senator Graham ░░░░░░░░ say that you know ░░░░░░░░ what you saw Judge ░░░░░░░░ you ve raised questions ░░░░░░░░ his temperament but he ░░░░░░░░ simply a man defending ░░░░░░░░ honor and people have ░░░░░░░░ right to be angry ░░░░░░░░ they re defending their ░░░░░░░░ HIRONO Well see when ░░░░░░░░ kept saying that I ░░░░░░░░ t do it then ░░░░░░░░ wouldn t he call ░░░░░░░░ an FBI investigation Why ░░░░░░░░ t he do that ░░░░░░░░ by the way in ░░░░░░░░ he actually wrote a ░░░░░░░░ review article in which ░░░░░░░░ said a judge first ░░░░░░░░ all must be nonpartisan ░░░░░░░░ came out at that ░░░░░░░░ which was talking to ░░░░░░░░ that he would accuse ░░░░░░░░ of some kind of ░░░░░░░░ vast conspiracy to do ░░░░░░░░ in and even dragged ░░░░░░░░ Hillary Clinton I found ░░░░░░░░ bizarre but we hardly ░░░░░░░░ on the Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ who has these conspiracy ░░░░░░░░ notions I already had ░░░░░░░░ concerns with Judge Kavanaugh ░░░░░░░░ terms of his outcome ░░░░░░░░ approach to cases I ░░░░░░░░ that he has a ░░░░░░░░ of being against reproductive ░░░░░░░░ he definitely has some ░░░░░░░░ expansive views of the ░░░░░░░░ that should be afforded ░░░░░░░░ sitting president from any ░░░░░░░░ of criminal or civil ░░░░░░░░ I m sure this ░░░░░░░░ took note of that ░░░░░░░░ is one of the ░░░░░░░░ reasons as far as ░░░░░░░░ and others believe that ░░░░░░░░ his name was put ░░░░░░░░ STEPHANOPOULOS If Judge Kavanaugh ░░░░░░░░ Justice Kavanaugh do you ░░░░░░░░ he will have to ░░░░░░░░ himself from cases involving ░░░░░░░░ Democrats or some of ░░░░░░░░ liberal groups that he ░░░░░░░░ HIRONO Well considering that ░░░░░░░░ totally showed himself to ░░░░░░░░ the politically a political ░░░░░░░░ and the partisan operative ░░░░░░░░ he has been which ░░░░░░░░ I said is one ░░░░░░░░ the reasons that his ░░░░░░░░ confirmation was held up ░░░░░░░░ three years the veil ░░░░░░░░ revealed And he revealed ░░░░░░░░ as a partisan I ░░░░░░░░ think that if I ░░░░░░░░ a Democrat going before ░░░░░░░░ I d ask him ░░░░░░░░ recuse himself STEPHANOPOULOS Senator ░░░░░░░░ thanks for your time ░░░░░░░░ morning.

HIRONO: Thank you.