Ford: This Could ‘Absolutely Not’ Be Case Of Mistaken Identity

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, testifies during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 27, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)        (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, testifies during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol H... Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, testifies during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 27, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Asked at Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing if the sexual assault she experienced as a teenager could be a case of mistaken identity, Christine Blasey Ford said, “absolutely not.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), top Democrat on the committee, asked Ford how she knew that it was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who covered her mouth to silence her while trying to remove her clothing at a high school gathering.

“The same way I’m sure I’m talking to you right now,” Ford, a psychologist, said. “Basic memory functions. And also just the level of norepinephrine and epinephrine in the brain that sort of, as you know, encodes that neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampus so the trauma-related experience is locked there whereas other details kind of drift.”

Republicans, including conservative activist Ed Whelan, have postulated that a Kavanaugh lookalike could have committed the assault. Two men also went to the committee to claim that they, not Kavanaugh, were the ones who assaulted Ford.

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  1. “The same way I’m sure I’m talking to you right now,” Ford, a psychologist, said. “Basic memory functions. And also just the level of norepinephrine and epinephrine in the brain that sort of, as you know, encodes that neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampus so the trauma-related experience is locked there whereas other details kind of drift.”

    Is she, a woman, allowed to use science and big words in front of these old white men?

    /s

  2. Senator Durbin: Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty do you identify Judge Kavanaugh as your assailant?

    Prof. Blasey-Ford: 100% Certainty.

    Based on what I’ve heard, Professor Blasey-Ford is a completely credible witness.

  3. I want to know more about the two guys who were willing to take the fall for Kvanaugh and his pal. Do they really think maybe it was them? Were they teenage drunks, too, and really don’t remember? Have they been paid off?

  4. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    Doubtful.

    Yes, and again, doubtful.

    Yes.

  5. An oops moment worthy of Sec. Energy Perry. I don’t think GOPers bargained for an assault victim and an expert witness in psychology of trauma memory formation. Blowing up their whole he-said/she-said design for this hearing.

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