The historic hearing featuring embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault when they were both in high school, produced a lot of contentious exchanges.
Below are Josh Marshall’s top moments from the hearing.
Cornyn: "The longer that the nomination remains open, we know that more and more of these scurrilous allegations will be made." pic.twitter.com/tWd9Wmlf6M
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh: I did not watch Blasey Ford's testimony. pic.twitter.com/cIk2s8DXjo
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
This is critical exchange. Kavanaugh is clearly lying about Renate. It is obvious to anyone who has ever been in high school or college that this was sexual shaming, calling her easy. He's lying. Lying when everyone knows it. pic.twitter.com/l6N3h7jZO0
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Yep. It was a problem. Kavanaugh starts off by apologizing to Sen Klobuchar. pic.twitter.com/1Ol9DSjS1F
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh asks Sen Klobuchar multiple times if she's had alcoholic blackouts. pic.twitter.com/3huBRb2JEo
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Third try on whether Kavanaugh will support an FBI investigation. pic.twitter.com/0sflCoIcEo
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh yells at Sen Feinstein and avoids her question about an FBI background check. pic.twitter.com/AFQmfIR6Qf
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh says Feinstein was "lying in wait for him" to deploy the weapon. pic.twitter.com/ShRsoFQtsF
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Graham: Blasey Ford just as much a victim as Brett Kavanaugh. Democrats owe her an apology. pic.twitter.com/MjUhZsOlcL
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
These comments from just a moment ago from Sen Graham is a good illustration of the position Republicans have put themselves in. pic.twitter.com/SLr7XjJVPb
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 27, 2018
Similar take on Kavanaugh as Josh by Arron Blake
Temperament seems an extremely important quality to have in both a supreme court justice and a senator. Brett Kavanaugh showed no such quality, nor did the GOP.
Graham, going on about how you wouldn’t be able to get a search warrant. News flash: this isn’t a criminal trial. This is a hearing for a privileged position of power that only 7 people at a time hold. No one is entitled to it. There is no due process or reasonable doubt, and not getting the position won’t “ruin” Kavanaugh’s life as a conviction would.
In a way, it’s a job interview, and the candidate can be rejected for any reason - even if it’s just that they don’t feel right for the job.
Graham has been lying, both directly and indirectly, all day - this is just one example of it.
It’s absolutely a job interview—and he demonstrated appalling unfitness of temperament and fair-mindedness to wear the judicial robes—let alone sit on the highest court of the land. Pretty clear why Dotard chose him.
Y’all may go on about his temperament but when I finally saw the video highlights of this low life all I kept asking myself “Is this guy drunk?” The belligerence, the bellicose raging where fighting wasn’t needed, the confusion in trying to answer questions, to me all signs of the drunk loud mouth at the end of every bar. And I’ll Sen. Graham in there too.