Feinstein to GOP: Show some heart, delay Kavanaugh accuser hearing until Thursday

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 21, 2018 7:45pm ET

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Feinstein to GOP: Show some heart, delay Kavanaugh accuser hearing until Thursday — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, listens to a procedural question from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member, as President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Republicans are being heartless by demanding that a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault appear at a Wednesday hearing to testify, and called on them to delay the meeting for at least one day.

Feinstein said plans for a Wednesday hearing were made even though GOP lawmakers knew Ford could not appear before Thursday.

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