How come, during this entire confirmation battle, they never once even asked Brett Kavanaugh if he knew Dr. Ford?

How come, during this entire confirmation battle, they never once even asked Brett Kavanaugh if he knew Dr. Ford?

Added (1). seems like such a basic question… And it never came up?

GOP does not want the truth.

They did. It was pretty well-established that they had mutual friends and were probably at some of the same parties. He claimed he didn't remember her- not too surprising considering his inebriated state.

Omgawd--Lois you did it, you cracked the case!

He said he didn't and if he ever met her he did not remember her.

Brett "I Dindu No Rapin'" Kavanaugh

How long were you in that coma?

Look, he was lying and everyone knew it. It's just that the Republicans were determined to ram him through anyway.

Because it is an irrelevant question - whether or not he did would have had NO effect on the process.