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."
There is much speculation that Harris will run for president in 2020, and she told reporters she is thinking about the midterm elections "and what we need to do around these races. And then I'll seriously take a look at things after that."
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