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Texas Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) hit the president for mocking the testimony of the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
"Dr. Ford showed courage, power, and strength in her testimony," O'Rourke tweeted Tuesday night. "She should be treated with dignity and respect -- not demeaned and belittled by the President of the United States."
Link to tweet
Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of attempting to sexually assault her at a party in the summer of 1982.
Kavanaugh has unequivocally denied the allegation, which remains uncorroborated, and provided his calendars from the period, which show no trace of the event.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409599-orourke-hits-trump-for-mocking-ford-testimony
dalton99a
(95,250 posts)dem4decades
(14,380 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)Hopefully...
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)You can't think of even one.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Cha
(320,554 posts)in the wh and all his fucking sycophants.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)considering. Does anyone really expect he'd have added something about assaulting a girl at one of his many parties?
I strongly suspect that Kavanaugh pulled crap like that often enough that the incident that is so burned in Christine Blasey Ford's memory was insignificant to him, even immediately after. He's probably honest in that he doesn't remember it, especially given how alcohol-fueled so much of his life was then.
anarch
(6,536 posts)in comparison to all the times he successfully completed a rape. Those occasions, he probably remembers fondly, if he wasn't so shitfaced that it's all a blur to him.
iluvtennis
(21,527 posts)Gothmog
(182,006 posts)SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)"Kavanaugh has unequivocally denied the allegation, which remains uncorroborated, and provided his calendars from the period, which show no trace of the event. "
Oh really?
Seems to me Bart's own July 1, 1982 Calendar entry absolutely corroborates Dr. Ford's account.
Brother Buzz
(40,405 posts)like defending the orange anus
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,317 posts)
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