10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/MILITARY/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation under fire, President Trump lashed out on Monday [10-1-18] at Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewing his attack that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lied about his service in Vietnam and embellishing the senator’s misdeeds far beyond the truth. Mr. Trump also blamed Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, for leaking Christine Blasey Ford’s confidential letter accusing Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault, and assailed Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, for running Newark ‘into the ground’ as mayor. In remarks at a news conference ostensibly on trade Monday, Mr. Trump went on offense in defending Judge Kavanaugh, portraying the committee Democrats who have opposed his confirmation as hypocritical and dishonest. His primary example: Mr. Blumenthal, one of his favorite foils, who has admitted being misleading about Vietnam-era military service.”

Catie Edmondson, “Trump, Defending Kavanaugh, Accuses Senate Democrats of Hypocrisy and Dishonesty,” The New York Times online, October 1, 2018