Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court became an unpleasant affair because Democrats chose to make it one.

Rather than investigate Christine Blasey Ford’s 36-year-old sexual assault allegation against him confidentially during August, as would have been normal for such cases, they leaked her story to the press to damage the nominee. They timed their ambush for maximum political effect, when the scheduled hearings were over. It’s what they did to Justice Clarence Thomas.