“It is unfortunate that Congresswoman Gabbard based her misguided opinion on the far-right wing manipulation of these straightforward questions,” Hirono spokesman Will Dempster said in a statement.

He added that over the past two years, Hirono “has been attacked by right wing ideologues for her examination of Donald Trump’s ideologically-driven nominees to the courts.”

“Senator Hirono asks all judicial nominees — particularly those who have expressed very strong personal ideological views in conflict with Supreme Court precedent — if they can be fair,” Dempster said. “She asked Mr. Buescher, who has a clear record of anti-choice activism, whether he could separate his personal beliefs from decisions he would make if confirmed for a lifetime appointment on the federal bench.”

In a statement, Gabbard spokeswoman Lauren McIlvaine said Gabbard will “always fight for religious freedom and oppose religious bigotry — no matter where it comes from or to whom it’s directed.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hawaii-rep-tulsi-gabbard-accuses-fellow-democrats-of-religious-bigotry-in-questioning-judicial-nominee/2019/01/09/2c17ecdc-1467-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.806a27a844e0

for their religious beliefs, when the reality is these appointed zealots threaten to do precisely that to LGBTQ Americans, that is, to banish them from the American mainstream.

There is so much projection in American politics today, as exemplified, of course, by our Projector-in-Chief.

be asked if they fully support the freedom of religion promised in the First Amendment, across the board. Any answer other than "Absolutely and completely," should be grounds for failure to confirm them for their positions.

So it’s not as if they would have problems with the question.