Trump to Reporter I Know Youã‚´re Not Thinking You Never Do
ABC's Cecilia Vega.
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Trump selected Kavanaugh, a judge on the courtroom of appeals for the D.C. circuit, to supercede the retiring Kennedy. On the night of the announcement, Kavanaugh stated, "A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret the Constitution as written." READ More Olivier Douliery, FILE / TNS
Ford, a Palo Alto professor, wrote the letter to Feinstein on July 30. In the letter, Ford alleged that as teenagers, a drunkard Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her while his friend, Marking Judge, watched. The letter was non fabricated public until September. READ More
The Washington Post reported that Ford voluntarily chose to have a polygraph test in August, and the test establish she was existence truthful. READ More than
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A number of Democratic senators, including Kamala Harris of California, received widespread attending later their intensive questioning of the Kavanaugh. A video clip of Harris asking Kavanaugh about laws that regulate the "male person trunk" went viral. READ MORE
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Following the testy confirmation hearings, the Associated Press wrote that Kavanaugh's confirmation was "likely," since the judge "avoided any serious mistakes that might jeopardize his confirmation." READ MORE
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In a cursory and mysterious statement, the California senator said she "received information from an individual apropos the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Courtroom," and "referred the matter to federal investigative authorities." Before long, the content of the letter was revealed, but the accuser's identity remained unknown. READ More
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Kavanaugh released a statement saying he "categorically" denies the allegations. "I categorically and unequivocally deny this accusation," Kavanaugh said in a argument distributed by the White House. "I did not do this back in high school or at any fourth dimension." READ More
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In an explosive story in the Washington Post, Ford went on the tape with her allegations. "I idea he might inadvertently kill me," Ford told the Post. "He was trying to attack me and remove my article of clothing." READ More
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Kavanaugh issued a second statement of denial after Ford identified herself. "This is a completely faux allegation. I have never done annihilation similar what the accuser describes - to her or to anyone," Kavanaugh said. "Because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this allegation until she identified herself yesterday." READ More than J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
Senate Judiciary Commission Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley called on both Kavanaugh and Ford to testify in front end of the Judiciary Committee. However, Ford said she wants the FBI to investigate the incident before she testifies. READ MORE
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Deborah Ramirez, a onetime higher classmate of Kavanaugh's, claimed that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her while the two were at Yale. The New Yorker reported that Senate Democrats were investigating the claims. READ More than
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh has submitted a calendar he kept in the summer of 1982 as evidence in the Senate Judicial Commission's confirmation hearings. Christine Blasey Ford has said she believed the declared assault occurred during the summertime of 1982, when she was 15.
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Attorney Michael Avenatti says his client, Julie Swetnick witnessed Judge Brett Kavanaugh engaging in behavior consistent with the claims of Christine Blasey Ford. "I take a house recollection of seeing boys lined upwardly exterior rooms at many of these parties waiting for their 'turn' with a girl inside the room," Swetnick said in a sworn affirmation.
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Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh prove nearly Ford's sexual assault accusations before the Senate Judicial Committee.
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesIt was supposed to be a triumphant Rose Garden news conference for President Trump. The United States, Canada and Mexico had reached a new trade deal, an update of the decades-erstwhile NAFTA, which he has deemed a "disaster."
Then, as has been known to happen during Trump's news conferences, things took a turn. He opened the question-and-answer session by inexplicably deriding a female reporter. Here is Trump calling on ABC News'southward Cecilia Vega for the beginning question of the news conference:
Trump: "She'due south shocked that I picked her. She's in a state of stupor.
Vega: "Cheers, Mr. President. I'm not"
Trump: "That'due south OK, I know you're not thinking. You never practise."
Vega: "I'm sorry?
Trump: "No, go ahead."
At that place are two things about this exchange that are disturbing, although not out of character for Trump.
Offset, his attack on Vega came out of the blue. Vega hadn't yet asked a question, so Trump tin can't blame his derision on something she had just asked. (Not that that would be normal behavior for a president, either.)
2nd, the attack came beyond equally gender-driven. When Trump wants to attack women, he often resorts to stereotypes, reducing women to their looks or their intellect (or supposed lack of it) in many instances. In summer 2017, he attacked MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski by alleging that she had a "facelift." In his very first presidential debate, Trump pushed back on host Megyn Kelly for questioning him about his treatment of women by saying that "she had blood coming out of her wherever." He has called NBC News's Katy Tur "piddling Katy" and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd "crazy."
"Ane way he exercises his 'masculine power' is to talk to and well-nigh women on the basis of their appearance, instead of more substance," Rutgers University's Kelly Dittmar told me last summer, having just finished a study on the role of gender in the presidential campaign.
Belittling women in those terms is standard Trump practice. But the unprompted mode he did it Monday is especially notable, given that Republicans are coming off a calendar week of criticism for moving forward with a Supreme Court nominee accused of sexual assault - a nominee Trump spent a significant chunk of time Monday defending.
Trump's eyebrow-raising handling of Vega and other female reporters in the Rose Garden on Mon didn't cease with the "thinking" comment. He refused to let Vega enquire a question nigh the other big news of the day: the FBI investigation into his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. (The president came back to her later on other reporters had asked about trade, the subject area of the news briefing. Vega wasn't impressed, tweeting: "A news conference means you go to ask any question y'all want to ask.")
And when CNN's Kaitlan Collins kept pressing Trump as he dodged a question on whether he would consider it disqualifying for Kavanaugh if he lied to Congress while under oath, Trump cut her off: "You lot know what. You've had plenty. You lot've really had enough."
Trump likewise called the media role of the Democratic Party - an assault that has filtered its style down to Republican members in Congress - and "loco."
At a moment when his party is worried about losing female voters in November'due south midterm elections, Trump seemed specially ready to attack women in the press corps.
-- Phillips writes about politics for The Washington Post.
Source: https://www.michigansthumb.com/opinion/article/You-re-not-thinking-You-never-do-Trump-tells-13272677.php
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