Ripe for Consideration

Earlier I noted that Senate Republicans’ preferred line on the Blasey Ford allegations (that she was attacked, just not by Brett Kavanaugh and maybe not even as a teenager) makes no sense as anything other than a political tactic. It’s transparently cynical. But the national political press has largely accepted it at face value, at least as a good faith position.

Before we move on from this episode, though, let’s remember a critical point: We heard this theory first from none other than Ed Whelan, Kavanaugh’s friend and confirmation hearing strategist who tried to pin the attack on Kavanaugh’s classmate Chris Garrett in a now notorious Twitter thread.