Florida Governor and Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott said he thinks Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court in a press release Friday.

The statement comes a day after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in 1982, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the allegation.

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“I found Dr. Ford’s testimony convincing, and my heart goes out to her. I also found Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony convincing, and he’s correct that his character has been smeared. I think both of these people have been used and abused as pawns in a partisan Washington political theater, which is clearly the product of career politicians playing games at the expense of these individuals’ lives and reputations,” Scott said.

“I don’t know what happened 36 years ago in suburban Maryland. The truth is that none of us really know. So, I have to go with what I do know – Judge Kavanaugh has been a fair and brilliant Judge, one of our nation’s very best. He should be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court,” he concluded.

Allegations of varying degrees of sexual misconduct leveled by three different women against Kavanaugh have upended what the GOP hoped would be a smooth confirmation process.

While the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Kavanagh out of committee favorably by an 11-10 vote along party lines, Sen. Joe Donnelly Joseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Trump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court MORE (D-Ind.), a swing vote, declared Friday he would vote against the nominee’s confirmation, a warning sign other swing votes may follow suit.

Read Joe's statement on the Kavanaugh nomination: pic.twitter.com/JvjTOKEDyF — Senator Joe Donnelly (@SenDonnelly) September 28, 2018

Scott is running in a tight Senate election against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson Clarence (Bill) William NelsonDemocrats sound alarm on possible election chaos Trump, facing trouble in Florida, goes all in NASA names DC headquarters after agency's first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson MORE (D-Fla.).

Scott’s announcement could further prove his pro-Trump bona fides to the Republican base in Florida. Nelson announced on Twitter Friday that he would vote against Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

I will vote no on Judge Kavanaugh. — Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) September 28, 2018

A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday found him holding a 53 percent to 46 percent lead ahead of Scott while an average of polls from RealClearPolitics has Nelson with a slim 1.1 point lead.

The Cook Political Report rates the race as a “toss up.”