Seriously. FFS.
Words by Rebecca Fearn.
The most talked-about political story in America right now is of course the allegations made by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford against Supreme Court nomination Brett Kavanaugh. In September, sexual assault allegation arose against Kavanaugh by Blasey-Ford, who declared the Supreme Court nominee had attacked her at a party when they were both teenagers.
While much of Hollywood and the Twitter-sphere has unequivocally supported Dr Blasey Ford and argued she should be believed, President Donald Trump has (despite previously calling her a ‘fine woman’ who gave a ‘compelling testimony’) has made it very clear he is firmly backing Kavanaugh.
The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which have never been seen before!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2018
Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2018
But last night at a ‘Make America Great Again’ campaign rally in Mississippi, POTUS took it one step further by actually mocking Blasey Ford’s testimony.
Referring to Blasey Ford’s inability to remember certain details of the attack (this was decades ago, FYI), Trump mocked her by saying:
“‘I had one beer.’ Well do you think it was…” he said, acting out scenes between Blasey Ford and her interviewers.
“‘Nope. It was one beer.’ Oh good. How did you get home? ‘I don’t remember.’ How did you get there? ‘I don’t remember.’ Where is the place? ‘I don’t remember.’ How many years ago was it? ‘I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know.”
He continued: “What neighborhood was it in?” ‘I don’t know.’ Where’s the house? ‘I don’t know. Upstairs. Downstairs. I don’t know. But I had one beer, that’s the only thing I remember.’”
WATCH: President Trump mocks Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Trump's Supreme Court pick Judge Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, during rally in Mississippi. https://t.co/pZfWN8IFMV pic.twitter.com/81YEs8oXr5
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 3, 2018
Trump also spoke to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House recently and said he thought it was “a very scary time for young men in America, when you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of.”
Could he make it more obvious he does not support or sympathise with survivors?! We think not…
