Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris calls Kavanaugh's confirmation a 'sham' and 'disgrace'

During a speech delivered at the Ohio Democratic Party's annual state dinner on Sunday night, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said the way Republicans pushed through Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court was a "sham" and "disgrace."

"Let's speak the truth that it was a denial of justice for the women of this country and sexual assault survivors, men and women," she said. "What we have been witnessing is a display and an exercise of raw power. Power that is being exercised not just to win, but to demean, and deflate, and defeat. And we are better than this."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.