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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'I do not know this woman': Trump allies rally to Kavanaugh's defense
The president needs a Supreme Court win to show his core supporters in the November midterms.
By JOSH GERSTEIN, ANDREW RESTUCCIA and DANIEL LIPPMAN 09/16/2018 11:59 PM EDT
President Donald Trump was counting on being able to deliver on one core promise to his supporters ahead of Novembers crucial midterms: Locking in a conservative Supreme Court majority.
The White House went into overdrive late Sunday trying to keep that pledge alive, even as Republican senators joined Democrats in calling to delay a committee vote on Brett Kavanaughs nomination after Christine Blasey Ford stepped forward to publicly to accuse the judge of sexual assault decades ago.
Immediately after The Washington Post published an explosive story featuring an on-the-record interview with Ford that detailed her allegations, Trumps allies both inside and outside the White House launched a campaign to cast doubt on her account.
More than half a dozen current and former White House officials or people close to the president said that Trump will continue to stand behind Kavanaugh, even as they were increasingly resigned to the likelihood that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be compelled to examine the allegations in detail.
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'I do not know this woman': Trump allies rally to Kavanaugh's defense (Original Post)
DonViejo
Sep 2018
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. Never forget that Don the Con lied about Stormy Daniel and several
other women
Meadowoak
(5,558 posts)2. Yeah, he knew her as Christine Blasey, not Christine Ford, he probably thinks that will work.
FBaggins
(26,757 posts)4. He isn't the one saying he doesn't know her (at least at this point)
That quote comes from one of the 65 women who signed the letter defending him.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)3. I do not think Trump likes this new Reality show. too bad.