Hirono ripped for 'deranged' opening confirmation hearing question to Blanche: 'What a joke'

"Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature," Hirono asked.

"No, senator," Blanche responded.

"Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement relating to this kind of conduct?" she followed up.

"No, senator," Blanche responded.

Social media users swiftly mocked Hirono's opening line of questions.

"WTF? What a stupid thing to ask out of nowhere," Daugherty added.

Hirono wrote in 2018 that she is "asking nominees to our courts, under oath, whether or not they have a history of sexual assault or harassment."

She first used the line of questioning during the confirmation hearing for judicial nominee Kurt Engelhardt during the first Trump administration.