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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:15 PM Oct 2018

O'Rourke hits Trump for mocking Ford testimony

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."




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

I think the Orange Shit Gibbon doesn't understand what "The Bully Pulpit" really means.
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PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
5. I can't imagine why Kavanaugh's old calendars are considered worth
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:47 PM
Oct 2018

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)
14. true, he probably honestly doesn't remember...the memory of this incident probably pales
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 08:10 AM
Oct 2018

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.

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)
8. The Hill just HAD to throw in their GOP spin.
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:16 PM
Oct 2018

"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)
9. I can believe Beto is actually baiting Cruz to say something stupid...
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:19 PM
Oct 2018

like defending the orange anus

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