Kavanaugh’s Raging Opening Statement Stuns Twitter: ‘Rage and Partisan Fury’

Amy RussoSep 27th, 2018, 4:17 pm
 

Following the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford who claims to have been sexually assaulted by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the SCOTUS nominee took the witness stand Thursday afternoon to defend himself.

Launching into a fiery statement refuting Ford’s allegations, Kavanaugh appeared nothing short of enraged by what he called a “grotesque and coordinated character assassination” devised to undermine his confirmation process, an argument to which some on the right have held fast amid a turbulent round of hearings.

Twitter immediately took note of the judge’s frustration, reporters remarking on its “tone of outrage, indignation” and his effort “to make the allegations against him seem as partisan as possible.”

But it wasn’t just journalists. Even John Legend jumped in with a strong rebuke of his own, asking, “Who coached him to sound like a complete asshole?”

However, Kavanaugh’s emotional remarks then turned teary, as he welled up discussing the calendars he kept which detailed his activities in part during the 1980s when the alleged assault occurred. The judge has argued that those diaries dismiss Ford’s claims.

Reporting on the response in Washington, CNN’s Brian Karem cited a White House source saying, “Kavanaugh is losing it.”

Check out the range of reactions below:

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