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By Lisa Mascaro, ALAN FRAM and Laurie Kellman
September 27, 2018 6:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct ahead of a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority.
The Senate Judiciary Committee 11 Republicans, all men, and 10 Democrats was to hear from just two witnesses on Thursday: Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge who has long been eyed for the Supreme Court, and Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor who accuses him of attempting to rape her when they were teens.
Republicans have derided her allegation as part of a smear campaign and a Democratic plot to sink Kavanaughs nomination. But after more allegations have emerged, some GOP senators have allowed that much is riding on Kavanaughs performance. Even President Donald Trump, who nominated Kavanaugh and fiercely defends him, said he was open to changing my mind.
I want to watch, I want to see, he said at a news conference in New York.
Kavanaugh himself has repeatedly denied all the allegations, saying hed never even heard of the latest accuser and calling her accusations ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone.
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)idcdu
(170 posts)I'm sure hes nearly dead from cirrhosis by now.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)He could show up at today's hearing wearing this:
and be babbling Sharia law and the Repugs would still vote him in, they are so desperate for an unbeatable majority on the Court.
I predict even Collins, Murkowski and Flake will eventually fall in line.
avebury
(10,952 posts)He is doing everything he can to try to keep the Democrats from gaining traction. That is why the Democrats have to have an overall game plan so that each subsequent Senator builds off of the last Democrat senator.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)"DemocratIC"
Thanks.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)all at once? If so, she'd have 30 consecutive minutes to cross examine Dr. Ford.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)This is not the usual, "why", "how can they do that," "how can it get any worse," question.
When dems ask questions, they should say something like, "Dr Ford, while my former colleagues are too chickenshit to ask you questions directly, I would like to ask a few myself."
"First, what is your favorite Sichuan restaurant in the LA area?"
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)It's the same worn-out Republican tactic they trot out every time they get caught doing something wrong. Blah blah.