He said questions exist about Kavanaugh's involvement in some of the administration's "critical" policies.
"These documents are necessary for the American people and undecided members of
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Blumenthal said he can't support Kavanaugh because of his previous rulings and statements on issues including abortion, gun control and the limits of presidential power.
Kavanaugh, who worked as a staff secretary for Bush before being nominated to the
Blumenthal said he said he hopes Americans will voice opposition to Kavanaugh to their senators and potentially convince a few
"My hope is that we will have the American people on our side in terms of beliefs and views," Blumenthal said.
Blumenthal said he opposed delaying the confirmation of Obama nominee
Now, though, he said he thinks it's fair to delay Kavanaugh's hearing because the midterm is so much closer and because if this "rule" was applied to a Democratic nominee, it should also be applied to a Republican one.
"It's the McConnell rule," Blumenthal said. "
During the town hall -- which happened at noon during the workweek and seemed to be attended largely by affiliates of nonprofits and advocacy groups -- multiple people asked Blumenthal what they could do to help stop Kavanaugh's nomination.
He said normally he would tell them to write their senator, but because that won't help in this case, people can support groups working to oppose the nomination such as
Students from the
Though she won't be old enough to vote in November,
As a young women, she said reproductive rights and access to birth control are important issues to her.
"There's so much emotion that goes behind it," Kataria said. "The pains a woman goes to to get birth control or an abortion are enough without the government being in their business."
"What decisions arise now will be what our generation will have to fix or improve on," Bell said. "This actually is kind of important, even if we can't do too much now."
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