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Reports: McConnell Told Trump His Tweets About Christine Blasey Ford Didn’t Help

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September 23, 2018 1:14 p.m.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told President Donald Trump that his recent tweets about Christine Blasey Ford, who’s accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, don’t help Kavanaugh’s confirmation chances, the Washington Post and CNN reported, each citing two unnamed people familiar with the call between McConnell and Trump. In the Post’s words, McConnell said Trump’s attacks against Blasey Ford “could cause new problems.”

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  1. The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP’s gender problem

    is the headline on another WaPo story about Kav. Couldn’t happen to a group of more deserving misogynists.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-party-of-men-kavanaugh-fight-risks-worsening-the-trump-gops-gender-problem/2018/09/23/37d2dd88-bdb5-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html?utm_term=.e4a9de143e9a

    Free advice from Jennifer Rubin:

    It remains to be seen if Republicans either themselves or through an outside lawyer have the nerve to grill Ford about the attack on her and the lifetime of trauma it unleashed. Free advice: Cut their losses, get Kavanaugh to withdraw and promise a better nominee with no baggage later this year or next.

  2. Avatar for drtv drtv says:

    In the Post’s words, McConnell said Trump’s attacks against Blasey Ford “could cause new problems.”

    Claim Rated: TRUE.

    OTH, When you have 10,000 (or more) problems of your own making, what’s one more.

  4. Ask me how much I love these two and wish Wooster occupied the WH. It would be as Brits like to say “No worries.”

  5. Uh…wasn’t this the guy raised in a test-tube to be on the SC? I don’t see someone else going carry-on.

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