Article snippet: Hardball tactics are threatening to backfire on the left in the final weeks of the high-stakes fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. GOP senators blasted Democrats and their liberal supporters on Wednesday over what Sen. MORE (R-Maine), who a day earlier revealed a staffer in her office had been threatened with rape by people calling to oppose Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Separately, Democrats opposed to Kavanaugh’s nomination have come under criticism for taking remarks made by the nominee out of context. Republicans ripped former Democratic presidential nominee MORE (D-Calif.) “four Pinocchios” from The Washington Post fact checker. Both incidents gave Republicans fresh ammunition in the Supreme Court fight — and a chance to shift the focus from Kavanaugh to the tactics being used by his opponents. Republican leadership seized on the threats and profanity-laced messages being sent to Collins as a way to paint the Senate Democratic caucus as extreme and “radical,” underscoring the political danger for vulnerable incumbents running for reelection in states won by MORE. Sen. MORE (D-N.Y.) is sending a “dangerous message” by not condemning the rhetoric. “Targeting members in such a personal and hostile way has no place in public discourse,” he said. “It’s time for Sen. Schumer to make clear where he stands and disavow the mob rule of the radical left.” In one voicemail to Collins’s offices that was reviewed by The Hill, the caller questions how “f---i... Link to the full article to read more