‘REALLY GOING HERE???’
Amy Coney Barrett: Democrat Mazie Hirono blasted for asking Judge if she’s sexually assaulted anyone in Kavanaugh echo
DEMOCRAT Senator Mazie Hirono has been blasted for asking Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett if she has ever sexually assaulted anyone - a swipe at previous nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The Senator asked the question during Tuesday's tense hearing in Washington.
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"Since you have become a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors, or committed any physical or verbal harassment or assault of a sexual nature?" Hirono asked.
"No, Senator Hirono," , who was picked for the court by President .
Hirono continued: "Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?"
Barrett replied: "No, Senator."
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Hirono asked a similar question to Kavanaugh in July 2018, after he was nominated as a Supreme Court judge.
During his hearing, Kavanaugh faced a barrage of questions about allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford.
Hirono asked Kavanaugh: "Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature? Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?"
However, posing the same question to Barrett left many watchers fuming.
"Are they really going here???" one asked.
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Who is Amy Coney Barrett?
Amy Coney Barrett, 48, was born in 1972 and raised in New Orleans.
She is the eldest child of seven siblings. Her father worked as an attorney for Shell Oil Company.
She earned her undergraduate degree in English literature in 1994 at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
She then graduated from Notre Dame University Law School, and clerked for conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia.
She taught at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for 15 years, before being appointed to her current role as a circuit judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017.
Ms Barrett is married to former federal prosecutor who currently serves as a partner at law firm SouthBank Legal in South Bend, Indiana.
The couple live in South Bend with their ranging in age from eight to 19.
Another user tweeted: "Her question of whether ACB had ever committed sexual assault proves how vile the left is. Unbelievable."
Some were also fine with the question.
"Why are people so outraged by the sexual assault question?" one person said on social media.
, Barrett calmly batted away questions from Democrats before holding up a blank pad to show she did it all without notes.
The 48-year-old judge was hailed as unflappable as she faced an 11-hour grilling over her views on abortion, health care and the peaceful transfer of power after the election.
With her family sitting behind her, Barrett refused to be and insisted she would decide cases "as they come."
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Firmly, she said: "Judges can't just wake up one day and say I have an agenda".
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She also brushed aside questions about the upcoming election, tell them she won't allow herself to be "used as a pawn".
are rushing to install a 6-3 conservative majority in the court ahead of following the death of .
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