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Cory Gardner: Kavanaugh’s accuser ‘deserves to be heard’

Gardner has joined a growing number of senators — mostly Democrats but also including some Republicans — who favor letting Christine Blasey Ford be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee before it votes on Kavanaugh.
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U.S. Senator Cory Gardner speaks at the Lake Christine Fire near Basalt on Friday, July 6, 2018.

COLORADO POLITICS — The woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school “deserves to be heard” by the Senate committee deciding whether to recommend Kavanaugh to the full Senate, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Monday.

Gardner has joined a growing number of senators — mostly Democrats but also including some Republicans — who favor letting Christine Blasey Ford be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee before it votes on Kavanaugh.

“Dr. Ford’s voice deserves to be heard,” Gardner spokesman Casey Contres said in a statement email to Colorado Politics. “Senator Gardner believes that the Senate Judiciary Committee needs to interview Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh without delay to gather as many facts as possible.”

Before the allegations arose, Gardner said he supported Kavanaugh’s confirmation, saying he would make “an incredible Supreme Court justice.”

Read more at Colorado Politics: https://bit.ly/2MKaIXJ

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