Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on Tuesday that Brett Kavanaugh's nomination should be withdrawn, calling it a "stain" on the Supreme Court.

Blumenthal described Kavanaugh as "evasive" and "seemingly misleading," adding that the bar wasn't if he had assaulted someone, but his "credibly, trust, [and] integrity."

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"This nomination will not only cast a shadow over Judge Kavanaugh if he were ever to be confirmed... it will also stain the United States Supreme Court irreparably," Blumenthal said.

Republicans and the Trump administration have shown no interest publicly in withdrawing his nomination ahead of a high-profile hearing at the Judiciary Committee scheduled for Monday.

But speculation about whether Kavanaugh or the White House would withdraw his nomination has hit a fever pitch since Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's accuser, publicly alleged that Kavanaugh held her down and tried to remove her clothes in the early 1980s when they were both in high school.

"I think the nomination should be withdrawn," Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters . "He has raised serious doubts about his credibility in his testimony already."