Sen. Claire McCaskill says she will vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, but the Missouri Democrat, who is facing re-election in November, says it is not because of allegations of sexual misconduct swirling around the nominee.
In a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, McCaskill says the allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford — the professor who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when the two were teenagers — are “troubling” and need to be examined.
Kavanaugh says the allegation is false.
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