Mitch McConnell Rips Feinstein, Senate Democrats For ’11th Hour’ Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh

Semate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted Senate Democrats on the floor of the chamber Monday for what he deemed to be an “11th hour” sexual misconduct allegation against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

“Now, [an] accusation of 36-year-old misconduct dating back to high school has been brought forward at the last minute in an irregular manner,” McConnell said. “It is an accusation which Judge Kavanaugh has completely and unequivocally denied. This is what he said: ‘This is a completely false allegation. I’ve never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone.’

“It is an accusation which the ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction has known about for at least six weeks. Known about for six weeks. Yet chose to keep secret until the 11th hour.”

McConnell went on to further criticize Democrats for their handling of the accusation levied by Christine Blasey Ford.

“They did not raise it in the closed session, the proper forum where such an allegation could have been addressed with discretion and sensitivity,” McConnell said. “They did not raise it in the thousand plus follow-up questions that senators sent to Judge Kavanaugh in writing. But now, at the 11th hour, with committee votes on schedule, after Democrats have spent weeks and weeks searching for any possible reason that the nomination should be delayed, now they choose to introduce this allegation.”

McConnell added, “It’s really not fair to either [Kavanaugh or Ford] the way it was handled.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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