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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Demonstrations Distract from Confirmation Hearing

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Demonstrations Distract from Confirmation Hearing

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The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee were interrupted at times by noisy demonstrators.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says those are often part of the process….

Rounds says the demonstrators made their point…

Rounds says there may need to be limits on what type of demonstrations are allowed in the future…

The nomination will now move to the Senate floor. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he expects Kavanaugh to be in place when the Supreme Court opens its term next month.

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