memory of the assault that she said occurred three decades before.

“I believed he was going to rape me,” she told the committee, detailing how Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming.

But Republicans, led by Kavanaugh himself, mounted a vigorous and aggressive pushback. The nominee offered an emotional, angry denial, accusing Democrats of exacting “revenge” for the Clintons and conspiring to ruin him. He was combative with Democratic senators, even at one point asking one if she had a drinking problem as a response to a question about whether he ever drank alcohol to excess.

After the hearing, Republican Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was determined to move the nomination forward, scheduling a committee vote on the nomination two days after the testimonies.

That Friday,and not he loading platform because that was all Gates had asked him to do.  Luther Hall flatly contradicted this testimony, stating that he left the cooler at the time Judkins was told to clean it and that he was not in the cooler eating a sandwich when Sam was sweeping.  Willie Gene Majors also contradicted the testimony, stating that Judkins did not sweep out the loading dock or the cooler that day.  When Bigger told Judkins that he was going to discharge him, Judkins, according to both versions, said 'All right; have you got my money ready?'  He received his money and left without asking the reason for his dismissal.


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