Sen. Orrin Hatch added a new reason Thursday to why he says Democrats are trying to block Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: “They hate the fact that Hillary [Clinton] was beaten, and especially by Donald Trump.”
But “I love the fact that she was beaten, and especially by Donald Trump,” he said during a speech at Utah’s conservative Sutherland Institute think tank.
Hatch, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, continued attacks on Democrats for what he says is their politicizing of judicial nominations while contending Republicans bear little blame. Last week, that included decrying what he called Democrats’ “dumbass” politics.