Democrat Ted Lieu: If Kavanaugh is this ‘angry’ when sober, imagine what he’s like when drunk

By Caitlin Yilek

Published September 27, 2018 8:36pm ET

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Democrat Ted Lieu: If Kavanaugh is this ‘angry’ when sober, imagine what he’s like when drunk — Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., tweeted Thursday that reports President Trump attempted to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the ongoing Russia probe suggested "consciousness of guilt." | (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., used Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s emotional defense of himself against allegations of sexual misconduct to question how the judge acts when drinking.

“If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he’s like when he gets inebriated,” the lawmaker tweeted during Kavanaugh’s opening remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

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