Lightheartedness aside, several people who spoke with The News on Friday faulted the Senate for putting a man on the highest court of the land who during one of his confirmation hearings screamed, broke into tears and claimed without evidence that the sexual assault accusations against him were the result of an anti-Trump conspiracy. By contrast, at the same hearing, a soft-spoken Dr. Ford outlined in excruciating detail how Kavanaugh allegedly forced her into a room at a drunken high school party in the 1980s, groped her and tried to rip her clothes off.