WASHINGTON - It was a seesaw day of directly conflicting testimony and partisan sniping, but by the evening, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court lay - as it has all along - with three Republican senators.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will determine whether Kavanaugh's nomination moves forward toward confirmation this weekend, is delayed or goes down altogether.
Initially, after the compelling and credible testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee of Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday morning, influential conservatives said in text messages that Kavanaugh's nomination was in trouble and fail, even as others close to the White House insisted the GOP should still press forward with the nomination.
"This is a disaster for Republicans," Chris Wallace said on Fox News.
Two Republican governors in states dominated by Democratic voters - Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland - called early Thursday for the nomination to be suspended pending further investigation. Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, a state with a more mixed electorate, on Wednesday called on Republicans to slow down the process to gather more information.
Steven Ertelt Sep 27, 2018 | 3:05PM Washington, DC
During an unbelievable exchange before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, sex crimes attorney Rachel Mitchell asked Christine Ford why her best friend said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh never assaulted her.
As her testimony was winding down, Ford was pressed by questioner Rachel Mitchell about how the four people named by Ford as being at the party have said they have no memory of the event. She dismissed the significance of that, saying "nothing remarkable happened" to two of them that evening; the other two are the ones being accused.
And in a striking moment, Ford said the one female there, her friend Leland Ingham, has "significant health challenges" and is getting treatment. Ford said Ingham texted her an apology following her statement claiming no recollection of the party, while saying she wouldn't expect her to remember the incident since she was downstairs.
Every person Ford identified as being at the party has signed sworn statements that it didn't happen, including Ford's female friend who supposedly was there that night. Those are facts that are not dependent on what Ford subjectively believes. She happens to believe something that is not true, which is why she might avoid a polygraph result reflecting deception.
Ford basically accused her best friend Leland Keyser of submitting a false statement about the party not happening. She said Leland has health problems and just wanted her lawyer to take care of it. Mitchell never followed up on this bombshell. Incompetent.
Ford's lawyers and Democrats repeatedly lied to Republicans on the committee. Ford's lawyers said she wasn't available to testify earlier because she is afraid of flying. But the testimony was that she flew to D.C. earlier in the summer and regularly flies on airplanes, including long flights overseas. Republicans offered to travel to interview her in California, which offer was rejected, but she didn't even know it had been offered.
Ford going public was much more planned than we were led to believe. She hired lawyers and took a polygraph during late July and early August. Why do that if not expecting to go public?
An unknown person located in the House of Representatives on Thursday posted the personal information of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, as well as Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch of Utah.
All three senators sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and their personal information was posted shortly after each questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during Thursday's hearing.
"They appear to be targeting Republican members of the committee after they question Judge Kavanaugh," a Hatch spokesman told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The staffer noted the change revealed Hatch's home address and that Thursday was the senator's wife's birthday.
The changes were immediately highlighted by a watchdog account that monitors Wikipedia changes made using IP addresses located in the House.
A Lee staffer confirmed the senator's home address in Utah and personal cell phone number were posted to the public page.
A spokeswoman for Graham did not immediately return TheDCNF's request for comment. The information posted on Wikipedia and Twitter matched with a listed personal address for Graham.
Wikipedia appears to have removed the changes.
Graham delivered a fiery criticism of Senate Democrats shortly before his personal information was posted, a technique known as "doxxing."
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Fourth Witness Who Christine Ford Says Saw Brett Kavanaugh Sexually Assault Her Says It Never Happened
Steven Ertelt Sep 24, 2018 | 11:34AM Washington, DC
The allegations Christine Ford made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have totally unraveled. After three witnesses Ford claims witnessed attempted sexual assault against her, a fourth witness has now come out saying it never happened.
Judge Kavanaugh -and all who were alleged to be present during the supposed incident -deny this claim. Leland Keyser, believed to have been identified as one of five people at the party where Ford claims this incident occurred, has said it never happened. Here's more:
But perhaps even more significant was a development that broke on Saturday evening. I received word that the mysteriously "missing" party attendee had finally been identified, and that she'd made a formal statement through her lawyer that she never knew Kavanaugh and had no memory of ever being at any party with him.
Women Rally in Support of Brett Kavanaugh, Warn of "Weaponizing" #MeToo Movement
WE HAD EAGLE FORUM MEMBERS THERE TOO!!!
Micaiah Bilger Sep 27, 2018 | 6:52PM Washington, DC
Hundreds of women gathered Thursday morning in Washington, D.C. to support U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Organized by Concerned Women for America, the event's speakers warned against "weaponizing the #metoo movement," a movement about victims of sexual harassment and assault, the Christian Post reports.
"The #metoo movement is important and it is real," said Penny Nance, president of CWA. "But we also believe in justice and due process. We believe in a presumption of innocence. And the minute we weaponize and politicize an important issue like rape we degrade every victim in this country. And it has to stop."
Nance said she was attacked by a stranger 20 years ago in Virginia, but she believes the #metoo movement is being abused through politics.
Others pointed out the allegations against Kavanaugh are not about protecting victims but protecting abortion on demand.
Commentary: Republicans Must Hang Together Now or They'll Hang Separately in November
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin, 1776.
As perhaps America's quirkiest and most practical Founding Father Ben Franklin is remembered for many sayings, but this quote could be his most famous. Franklin spoke the words just prior to signing the
Declaration of Independence, knowing full well the dangers of waging war against the Mother Country - the only options for he and his fellow patriots were win or die. On paper the colonies' ragtag army and flotilla of privateers was little match for the time-tested land and sea forces of the world's premier empire, Great Britain, but the men who signed the Declaration hedged their bets and sacrificed everything nonetheless.
Today the political situation isn't nearly as dire and grave as it was all those years ago. Elected officials serving in the nation's capital won't be tried for sedition or sent to the gallows unless they do something truly egregious (and even then, who'd convict them in today's divided political environment?). The circus surrounding Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation is certainly heinous but doesn't quite rise to the level of high treason (but should it?).
