John Oliver simply doesn't understand why Brett Kavanaugh is 'the hill that conservatives are willing to die on'

John Oliver on Brett Kavanaugh
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Sunday's Last Week Tonight is basically "one long recap of one very long week, and one event in particular," John Oliver said, ruefully: Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Oliver started with Christine Blasey Ford, who testified credibly about what she called Kavanaugh's attempted rape in high school. "That is Fox News calling Ford's testimony a 'disaster for the Republicans' — and not like one of those Puerto Rico disasters," Oliver said. "One they might actually care about." But just when it looked like curtains for Kavanaugh, he hit back, with weirdly placed emotion: "I hate to say it, but I'm starting to think that men might be too emotional for the Supreme Court."

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.