President Donald Trump is being accused of mocking SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at his rally in Mississippi last night:
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
Dems were quick to join that line of attack:
Trump just mocked Dr. Ford, a victim of sexual assault. This shouldn’t surprise us — he’s mocked Gold Star parents, the disabled, and prisoners of war. But it should disgust us all the same. https://t.co/9YunYJYo4W
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 3, 2018
But that’s not exactly how it went down. Here’s Ari Fleischer on how Trump just “pointed out many of the inconsistencies in her account — something the MSM won’t do”:
He didn’t mock Professor Ford. He pointed out many of the inconsistencies in her account – something the MSM won’t do, because they’re too invested in attacking Brett Kavanaugh. If the press were balanced, they would have raised the same issues Pres. Trump raised here. https://t.co/qsUAZeGWkl
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) October 3, 2018
And Hugh Hewitt adds the “#BlueBubble assumption” that the president cannot attack the credibility of Dr. Ford “may not hold up”:
The idea that @realDonaldTrump cannot attack Dr. Ford's uncorroborated testimony is a #BlueBubble assumption, and that #BlueBubble hot take may not hold up. @POTUS clearly fighting for #JudgeKavanaugh
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) October 3, 2018
At least now — hopefully — the media will catch up on Dr. Ford’s growing credibility problem:
This is exactly right, but @realDonaldTrump smashed the glass and pulled the alarm and so today the country will be discussing credibility of Dr. Ford’s accusation openly, as well as blasting the McCarthyism of the Democrats. No one else had made the points he did. So @POTUS did https://t.co/CMHpBZNxf9
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) October 3, 2018
They’ve done this with Kavanaugh, but not with Dr. Ford:
The press and the Ds have picked apart every statement by Kavanaugh, trying to twist his remarks into evidence of lying. I bet the MSM virtually ignores the letter contradicting Prof. Ford’s statement here. The press coverage of this nomination is blatantly biased. https://t.co/HtG6MkOMwm
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) October 3, 2018
But we won’t hold our breath on the MSM actually digging through said inconsistencies. The narrative that’s building on Twitter from media blue checks is that the crowd laughed and cheered after Trump’s remarks:
Trump Restrained lasted until today, save for a few tweets that McConnell and WH aides didn’t like. It ended about 30 minutes ago on a stage in MS, where he openly mocked Ford, to cheers.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 3, 2018
Trump's remarks about Dr. Ford tonight remind me of something that she said last week.
"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter. The uproarious laughter between the two. And their having fun at my expense."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2018
Crowd laughed tonight when Trump went on his lengthy riff attacking Christine Blasey Ford.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 3, 2018
The laughter — the uproarious laughter https://t.co/omIhKIuLyu
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) October 3, 2018
And the remarks have already been cut into a new digital ad, via former Hillary staffer Brian Fallon:
NEW DIGITAL AD: Versions will run in Maine, Alaska and Arizona, starting tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/UX5x6FeNd6
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 3, 2018
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