Sen. Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko HironoManchin defends Supreme Court candidate Barrett: 'It's awful to bring in religion' Democrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Democrats unveil plan declaring racism a public health issue MORE (D-Hawaii) told reporters Tuesday that if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, there will be "an asterisk next to his name."

Hirono also added that his appointment would hurt the court going forward.

HIRONO on Kavanaugh: “I think that if he does get on court, he will be there under a cloud, there will always be an asterisk next to his name. And I think it’s not good for institution of Supreme Court.” — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 25, 2018

Kavanaugh's confirmation has been derailed by allegations of sexual misconduct, which started with Christine Blasey Ford's claim that he pinned her down and tried to remove her clothes at a party while the two were in high school in the 1980s.

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Another allegation surfaced with a New Yorker report on Sunday, in which Deborah Ramirez said Kavanaugh exposed himself in front of her at a party at Yale.

Kavanaugh has denied both claims.

Hirono, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been vocal in her criticism about how these accusations are being handled. On Thursday she said the process has been unfair to Ford.

"You have the entire force of the presidency and all of the supporters of Judge Kavanaugh in the Senate arrayed on one side and on this other side you have Dr. Ford who doesn't even have the benefit an FBI investigation, as well all have called for," she said. "How unfair is that?"

On Sunday, Hirono appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday and seemed to imply that Kavanaugh should not receive the presumption of innocence in the context of these allegations.

"I put his denial in the context of everything that I know about him in terms of how he approaches his cases," she said.

"His credibility is already very questionable in my mind and in the mind of a lot of my fellow Judiciary Committee members, the Democrats."