Key Republican senators condemn Trump's mockery of Ford

CNN ^ | Oct. 3, 2018 | Devan Cole and Stephen Collinson, CNN

[Innovative]

Three Republican senators who will be crucial to deciding whether Brett Kavanaugh reaches the Supreme Court hit out at President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he unleashed an attack on Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the judge of sexual assault.

Trump's mockery of Ford at a campaign rally on Tuesday night intensified political pressure on senators Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine as they consider how they will vote on Kavanaugh.

Collins told CNN's Manu Raju that the comments were "just plain wrong." She would not say if they would affect her vote.

Murkowski said that Trump's remarks were "wholly inappropriate, and in my view unacceptable." Asked whether the President's attack would sway her vote, she answered: "I am taking everything into account."

[Innovative]

I don't care what they say to the MSM, just as long as they vote right, to confirm Kavanaugh.

[butlerweave]

Any excuse

[Doogle]

Usual suspect...

[BigEdLB]

Vote to confirm... Or they lose all committee assignments

[JudgemAll]

Trump should have had the more explicit strategy of protecting Kavanaugh wife from Ford’s false allegations , but the media is twisting his implicit instincts on protecting her via attacking Ford as a unilateral attack. It is not.

[RoseofTexas]

Bastard cowards!!! Spineless POS!!! Backstabbing asses!! 😠

[chris37]

Then vote no.

Put your money where your mouth is, because I am sick and tired of your whining and pandering, and we will deal with your kind in November.

[WashingtonFire]

The word ‘key”is a misspelling of Cuck.

[Red Badger]

He didn’t ‘mock’ anybody...................Except the media...............

[BigEdLB]

McConnell has to have a serious talk with these three fools.

[crz]

The way Flake is acting, I wonder if this Ford woman is a Mormon.

[Kickass Conservative]

I’m concerned that so many United States Senators have no idea what the definition of Mockery is.

[sickoflibs]

If the vote fails there will be plenty of finger-pointing, Trump at congress, congress at Trump..

I thought Trump was hilarious, Tucker Carlson played a clip of this last night saying it was minutes old.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We need their votes to confirm Kavanaugh.
It was unnecessary to provoke them.

[pepsi_junkie]

Murkowski said that Trump's remarks were "wholly inappropriate, and in my view unacceptable." Asked whether the President's attack would sway her vote, she answered: "I am taking everything into account."

Spoken like a person who can't control her own emotions enough to vote yes to a highly qualified individual because she thinks the guy who nominated him is a meanie and she wants to let him know it. In other words, spoken like Jeff Flake.

[gattaca]

He was not mocking, he was stating fact.

[yldstrk]

He didn’t mock her; he said what any criminal defense attorney would say in closing.

[Leep]

I don’t know any pubs that condemn Trump’s mockery of Ford.
Oh you mean the Lord’s of the Republican party..
I keep forgetting they represent us.

[ScottinVA]

Good God, just get that damned vote done and get it over with.

[sphinx]

We need their votes to confirm Kavanaugh. It was unnecessary to provoke them.

You are correct, but it's spitting into the wind to suggest that Trump should keep his mouth shut.