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The Hearing No One Asked for—Democrats Begging Lake for Apologies

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Though Jay Clayton did not get to appear for his confirmation hearing this week, former Arizona television news anchor Kari Lake did. Thursday, she testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, standing her ground as Democrats demanded she apologize.

President Donald Trump canceled Clayton’s Senate intelligence hearing to be confirmed as director of national intelligence. This heightened both GOP infighting and contention with Trump over the expired Foreign Intelligence Security Act Section 702.

With a contentious week of hearing cancellations, Lake went on, but not without a political showdown. Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., called out Lake for comments she made about Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and demanded she apologize.

My father walked out on my family when I was a kid. My mother raised us. I made my own way, joined the Marines, and built a life he had no part in. There are thousands of American boys doing the same thing right now, growing up determined to be better men than the fathers who… pic.twitter.com/I4OIhJXrBg— Senator........

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