Key GOPers Push ‘Good Faith’ Narrative After Ford Requests FBI Probe Before Hearing

on November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Sen. Bob Corker (C) (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, confers with Sen. Ron Johnson (R) (R-WI) during a committee hearing November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. ... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Sen. Bob Corker (C) (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, confers with Sen. Ron Johnson (R) (R-WI) during a committee hearing November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the "Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons." Also pictured is Sen. Jeff Flake (R) (R-AZ). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In tweets on Tuesday evening, a key Republican, who was vocally insistent that the Senate Judiciary Committee hear from Christine Blasey Ford before it votes on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, appeared to lightly dial back on his urging.

After calling for a delay in voting on Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court appointment, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who is not on the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted Tuesday night that Republicans had acted in “good faith” by offering Blasey Ford a chance to testifying about her allegations. But he said if “both sides” don’t testify as scheduled on Monday, the confirmation should be put to a vote. Blasey Ford has indicated that she would like the FBI to conduct an investigation into her allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school before she testifies.

While Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who serves on the committee, was less outright about his hedging on Tuesday, he also changed his tune on Tuesday and urged Blasey Ford in a late-night tweet to “accept the invitation” to speak on Monday.

“The committee should hear her voice,” he said.

The tweets came not long after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) rejected the request for an FBI probe before the hearing and said he was going to move forward with a vote on Monday if Blasely Ford did not agree to testify.

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  1. Avatar for acadia acadia says:

    If they are going to ram it through anyway, Ford has the good sense not to allow them to burn her at the stake first. It will all come out in the next month or two – what he did to her, the blackout drinking, the gambling debts, how the mysterious $200,000 in debts disappeared. It won’t help them with conservative voters (he was a terrible choice when there were 15 others lined up that could have glided through). And it will just harden the resolve of women and moderates even more.

  2. in Josh’s voice:

    moderates always cave

  3. DiFi knows who bought-up his markers. If she has to, I believe she’ll release that information. The attempted rape, blackout drinking, and gambling debt are not the whole story.

    The question MSM should be asking: “Who bought-up his markers?”

    A: #MOB

  4. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    So WHY is the GOP afraid to have these allegations investigated… if they are so sure they are untrue, they should be the ones arguing for the investigation not arguing against it.

    A lot can be learned by listening to what is NOT said

  5. Avatar for fgs fgs says:

    Dr. Ford deserves to be heard. Instead, the Grand Old Politburo is going to pencil in her obligatory fifteen-minutes, making a big horse-and-pony show of their feigned generosity while hearing less than nothing.

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