Instead of keeping his big mouth shut, Trump shamed Christine Ford and her parents for not reporting the attempted rape to the police when it happened
On Friday, President Trump tweeted:
“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents.
I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!”
That infuriated Republican Senator Susan Collins. She said:
“I was appalled by the President's tweet. We know that allegations of sexual assault -- I'm not saying that's what happened in this case -- but we know that allegations of sexual assault are one of the most unreported crimes that exist, so I thought that the President's tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong.”
Senator Collins holds a crucial vote in the nominating process. If she now votes against Kavanaugh’s nomination, his only hope will be to get the support of some Senate Democrats, something unlikely to happen in light of Ford’s scarlet letter controversy.
Trump just couldn’t keep his big mouth shut. Instead of sticking to his support of Kavanaugh, he had to attack Ford. He should have known that would backfire.
Time after time Trump has shown that he puts his mouth in motion before putting his brain in gear. When he tweets, he is putting his mouth in motion by writing and cannot later say, “I misspoke. What I meant to say was …..”
This time he may have killed Kavanaugh’s chance to sit on the Supreme Court. He’d better pray that Senator Collins will in the end support his nominee.
2 comments:
I doubt this statement will make any difference. Everyone knows this whole complaint circus is simply a delay tactic.
Are we to compare Trump "opening his big mouth" to this Democrat choreographed and directed circus? Let's not blame the man for calling out this sham for what it is.
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