DEMS/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Monday [9-24-18] said the sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, which are slowing proceedings on his nomination to be the newest Supreme Court justice, could be one of the ‘single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything.’ The president said he continues to support Judge Kavanaugh, and dismissed the allegations about the judge’s conduct decades ago as ‘totally political.’ Mr. Trump characterized the women making them as people coming ‘out of the woodwork.’ His comments came during brief remarks in New York on Monday morning ahead of his appearance at the United Nations. Mr. Trump’s statements on Monday echoed his remarks in a radio interview to be broadcast on Monday morning, in which Mr. Trump acknowledged that he would most likely not be able to persuade any Democrats to vote for Judge Kavanaugh, meaning that he would have to hold nearly every Republican to win confirmation in the narrowly divided Senate.”
–Peter Baker and Eileen Sullivan, “Trump Stands by ‘Fantastic’ Kavanaugh as He Seeks G.O.P. Votes,” The New York Times online, September 24, 2018