Top Republicans on Wednesday credited their expanded majority in the U.S. Senate to a “Brett bump” that was caused by the explosive partisan fight to confirm conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Though not enough to save the House, hearings in the Senate that discussed unsubstantiated allegations of sexual assault angered a complacent GOP electorate, Republicans said. The issue motived base GOP voters in several deep-red states that helped decide Senate Control in the next Congress.
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