Heitkamp's brother: She may lose but she has to like who she sees in the mirror
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's (D-N.D.) brother on Thursday praised the senator's decision to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying the decision may cost her reelection, but that she needs to "like the person she sees" in the mirror.
"Who knows, she may lose," Joel Heitkamp said on MSNBC, adding that the Kavanaugh vote will be important for voters in North Dakota. "But in the morning, when she's brushing her teeth, she needs to like the person she sees. In my opinion, she’s voting right, that’s the key."
Joel Heitkamp made the comments just moments after his sister, Heidi Heitkamp, announced on a North Dakota radio station that she would vote "no" when the Senate votes on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Her announcement came less than a day after the FBI released its finding into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified last Thursday about Ford's claims that he sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s.
Kavanaugh has fiercely denied the accusation. He's also denied sexual misconduct allegations from two other women, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409973-heitkamps-brother-on-her-kavanaugh-no-vote-she-may-lose-but-she-has-to-like
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