Yes they should.
One of the shortcomings of the Kavanaugh hearings, in my opinion, was that we went through a week of hearings, where Corey Booker auditioned for the part of Spartacus, and the raucous audience interrupted things, etc. But then, before they could proceed to a final vote, they orchestrated this “shocking” new evidence against Kavanaugh, so then we have to have more delays and hearings, as they investigate the new shocking sexual misbehavior allegations.
That should be nipped in the bud. I would love for Lindsay Graham to announce on day 1 of the hearings, that ALL scandalous information needs to be disclosed right now, or else will not be considered in the evaulation of a nominee.
This business of going through hearings, and wasting everyone’s time, as was done with Kavanaugh, because they were holding onto a hand grenade to be tossed into the proceedings later, needs to stop.
Any personal attack without irrefutable evidence should get the flinger censured and expelled fro Congress.
I hope it is clear to everyone, what the plan with Kavanaugh was.
FineSwine brought out these scurrilous charges only at the end, and privately to committee leadership. Graham was supposed to go “old school” and try to sweep the crap under the rug while the confirmation went forward to a Senate vote. Then the idiocy of the made-up “charges” wouldn’t have mattered. The vote would have been sunk and the Press would have gone full-Onan on the “coverup”.
There was good decision making by the Republicans that this did not happen.
The specatacle that resulted makes possible what you propose, to refer to Kavanaugh and say, “Not this time!”. But, probably only once, and the Press won’t go along with you, anyway.
I thought FineSwine might have to pay for what she had done, but I guess not.