Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally
Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally
David Knowles 10 hours ago President Trump is done playing nice with Christine Blasey Ford.
At a Tuesday rally in Southaven, Miss., Trump attacked the credibility of Ford, one of three women to accuse his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
“How did you get home? I don’t remember,” Trump said, mocking Ford’s answers before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “How did you get there? I don’t remember. Where is the place? I don’t remember. How many years ago was it? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. What neighborhood was it in? I don’t know. Where’s the house? I don’t know. Upstairs, downstairs, where was it? I don’t know. But I had one beer, that’s the only thing I remember.”
With the crowd laughing and cheering his impression of Ford, Trump then turned serious.
“And a man’s life is in tatters. A man’s life is shattered,” Trump continued. “His wife is shattered. His daughters who are beautiful, incredible young kids — they destroy people, they want to destroy people. These are really evil people.”
President Trump at a rally in Southaven, Miss. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
Trump’s comments marked a departure from his strategy of avoiding any criticism Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hours after Ford detailed her allegation of Kavanaugh’s drunken sexual assault at a party when the two were in high school, Trump offered Ford praise.
“I thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a very fine woman to me, very fine woman,” Trump told reporters in the White House last Friday following Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “It was an incredible moment I think in the history of our country. But certainly [Ford] was a very credible witness. She was very good in many respects.”
Trump came to Mississippi to try to avert an embarrassing loss in the Senate for Republicans in the deep-red state, throwing his weight behind incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Facing a three-way race between Democrat Mike Espy and far-right Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel, Hyde-Smith basked in the president’s support. Trump, however, spent far more time discussing Kavanaugh’s confirmation process than Hyde-Smith’s candidacy.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump praised Kavanaugh as “an outstanding person” who has been “very brutally treated,” and lamented what he described as an unfair playing field for men in the #MeToo era.
“It is a very scary time for young men in America when you could be guilty of something you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn before boarding Marine One. “This is a very, very — this is a very difficult time.”
The F.B.I. is currently looking into the allegations against Kavanaugh and is expected to wrap up its investigation this week.
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Isn't he starting to sound like Hitler at these 'rallies'?
"I could rape someone on 5th Ave and not lose any supporters."
'Earlier Tuesday, Trump praised Kavanaugh as “an outstanding person” who has been “very brutally treated,” and lamented what he described as an unfair playing field for men in the #MeToo era.
“It is a very scary time for young men in America when you could be guilty of something you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn before boarding Marine One. “This is a very, very — this is a very difficult time.”
Scary time for over-privileged white boys having to be accountable for raping and sexually assaulting women.
What he meant to say was that it's a scary time for those young men who underestimate the impairment level of their victims. Perhaps a stronger dose of drug-laced beer might keep those pesky bitches from remembering anything from the night of their assault. For those young men who prefer to rub their junk in the unsuspecting faces of their victims, they only need to make sure that those sitting around watching and laughing, will have their backs later in life when they need corroboration for any and all dialogue revealed in a formal, federal-type setting.
So many date rape drugs around now that these over privileged little pricks didn't have then - like roofies.
Bill Cosby enjoyed a great deal of success around that time with the ladies...thanks to his neighborhood 'lude supplier.
And just for the record, I was a huge Cosby supporter when the allegations about him were becoming known. I was of the opinion that by continuing to date Bill Cosby, many of his victims condoned his use of party pharmaceuticals. But as other women came forward, and more particularly those who suspected they had been drugged, but chose to never associate with him again, the true scope of his depravity became clear.
......and now we hear this.
The man is a nut, He is 72 years old and he has lost it.
He's a con artist, and that's all he knows
His ultimate con is he got himself elected as the Presidency of the United States ....and now we have to pay for our stupidity.
We'll be lucky if he doesn't get us into a war.
Stating the truth for sure!
and now we have to pay for our stupidity.
The only ones who should be paying is the EC. Hopefully the next time anyone of them are up for reelection, they are sent packing.
“And a man’s life is in tatters. A man’s life is shattered,” Trump continued. “His wife is shattered. His daughters who are beautiful, incredible young kids — they destroy people, they want to destroy people. These are really evil people.”
I'm sure his wife is thinking - my god, I married a rapist.
His poor daughters, they have a scumbag for a father. They're the ones I feel for, not phony piece of shit Kavanaugh or his wife, she married the scumbag, too bad, so sad for her .
I wish people wouldn't use that language. No one has accused Kavanaugh of rape, nor of course is there any proof he raped anyone.
We don't have to lower ourselves to right wing "logic" ("Obama is a Muslim")
There are some speculations in the media today that Trump went overboard with his mocking Ford last night BECAUSE he believes it is shoring up Republican support for right wing candidates in the coming elections. Supposedly some polling shows that some races have tightened and the reason is that liberals have "gone too far" about Kavanaugh.
I am all for attacking trump, the worst president in US history, and attacking Kavanaugh for the believability of Ford and Kavanaugh's obvious lying, but we have to do it within the parameters of what is known.
I wish you wouldn't have excused Kavanaugh by saying he and Judge were joking when Kavanaugh attempted to rape Ms. Ford while Judge looked on. He attempted to rape Ms. Ford but she managed to escape
When you call someone a rapist it means that they raped someone.
If you even said "attempted rapist" it would have been better.
I am not excusing Kavanaugh at all . I do believe that Kavanaugh committed a sexual assault on Ford.
At this time when all the easily offended on the right are rallying around "unfair" descriptions of Kavanaugh, I don't think liberals and progressives should give them an excuse to believe the POS president and right wing media.
Bottom line is that Trump should have just kept his mouth shut about both of them.
I agree with you Ed.
Well since there is no "rape" law, it is actually "sexual assault", and actual penetration is not required to sexually assault someone.... I fail to see the difference between someone who tried and failed, and someone who accomplished the violation.
My Lord! I feel a coronary coming on! My Heart, my heart! Just kidding... Seriously though, if it did not involve politics, we could probably get along fairly decently. A good day to you.
Again, I agree with you. A good day to you sir as well.
This is a new low, even for the idiot in chief.
Though I do not quite know what I find more disturbing, His blither blather, or the crowds applauding Him for His unmitigated ignorance.
There are a lot of stupid people in America, and the majority of them support President* Trump. That is the only reasonable way to explain his "popularity".
He has hit "a new low" so many times that Guinness is creating a new entry.
"These are really evil people.” No, Rump, you and the majority of the gop are really evil people.
POS orange conman traitor in chief is scum of the earth, how anyone thinks this subhuman is a good president is beyond my comprehension. He is a disgrace to the office of the President.
He's also a disgrace to the human race.
If he actually had to enter the human race, he would get a deferment for bone spurs and go golfing instead.
When it comes to trump and golfing, I always see him as the judge in Caddyshack when he moves the ball into a more favorable position and tells the caddy, 'don't count that, I was interfered with'
Anytime he plays against someone, I'm sure they are briefed with....."Let the Wookie win."
Han: Let him have it. It’s not wise to upset a Wookie.
C-3PO: But sir. Nobody worries about upsetting a droid.
Han: That’s cause a droid don’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookies are known to do that.
C-3PO: I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the Wookiee win.
Me too.
The President is very WRONG here and NEVER should have let those words fall out of his mouth. It is not okay to mock anyone who has endured sexual abuse. While I may understand the point he was attempting to make...he certainly missed the mark by a mile. I used to make fun of Obama and his teleprompters - now I find myself wishing that Trump would stick to his! There's no way those words would have appeared there. I believe he should apologize for what he has said. Immediately.
On the other hand, a lot of comments made here are also in very poor taste and rather juvenile. Surely there are better, and more intelligent, ways to express your disdain for the POTUS or the nominee for the SCOTUS.
'On the other hand, a lot of comments made here are also in very poor taste and rather juvenile. Surely there are better, and more intelligent, ways to express your disdain for the POTUS or the nominee for the SCOTUS.'
This is just a social media site - you should speak to some of your buds regarding 'in very poor taste and rather juvenile' regarding their Donald Rumpsplaining and phony lying sack of shit Kavanaugh victim shaming/defaming tactics.
Does that excuse comments that are in poor taste or rude?
The majority of 'buds' that I interact with here usually don't comment in poor taste, nor do they resort to juvenile tactics. Granted, everyone is entitled to have a bad day once in a while.
Maybe you'd like to focus on the first paragraph I posted...I'd be more than willing to have a conversation with you.
Sounds like some on here have a lot of bad days with their 'in very poor taste and rather juvenile' postings and behavior.
Usually I do not jump into these little frays but, the President set the precedent for poor taste and bad behavior long before this site existed.
I agree, His lack of sense, compassion and intelligence does not give us license to behave in the same manner, (here comes another but) He is only reaping what He has sown and to date is deserving of every barb.
Respect is something earned not given, if Mr. Trump would care to be respected, then He should give us a reason to do so and begin acting like a human being.
You had me here...and then lost me. We all know that Trump isn't going to visit this site to view these barbs.
Since I obviously do not understand the 'Trump's an ass - so we can be asses too' thing happening here - I will move along and let you all enjoy your little party. Cheers!
That's fine dear, move along, move along.
Speaking only for myself, I revel in my rude and filthy mouth. The longer the orange baby man stays in office the worse I'm going to get.
And I make no apologies for my rude and filthy mouth when it comes to Donald Rump and his administration and all their damned filthy tricks.
My father once told me "You have turned being a smart ass into an art form."
What a nice compliment !
lol
I just got told to "Shut up"
Same here. My mother didn't like smart asses
I grew up in a barn.
The stupid stubborn mule ran away.
He didn't know, all he had to do was click his four hooves together, and play horse shoes, and people wouldn't ride him so hard,
but Jack, and Jacquelyn Ass, don't always know how to
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on some other Donkey Door, and stop knocking on the open barn door cause he/she swings both ways.
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I put a doorbell on my door,
designed to look like a large door knocker, but people should try it first...
but , they keep smashing it against the door , so
I've decided to put in a new Storm y Jack Daniels Ass screened background door in, with out peoples, cause I was always taught to fck with authority by the authorities.
I figured they were the authority on the subject, sorta like Trump is the authority on proper ways to address people who might have a different opine
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What A Class Act
From my father, it was a compliment.
If Trump has no problem with mocking the disabled, he has none with doing it to a survivor of sexual abuse. He is like that little white speck on chicken shit, which is chicken shit too.
It's just not fair to mock the pussy-grabber-in-chief or to question a credibly accused drunkard and sexual predator.
And they call liberals "snowflakes."
Yet NOTHING said here set a 'norm' for public discourse. The FACT that Trump's sycophants, which included woman and CHILDREN, laughed and cheered Trump's mocking proves that this isn't just about what Trump let 'fall out of his mouth'.
Therein lies the rub. Trump AND Kavanaugh 'set the tone'. THEY should be held to a higher standard than us 'mere mortals'.
Kavanaugh's conspiracy theory rant, followed by a screaming, crying, mocking 'performance' was disqualifying. Most of the conservatives here cheered it and excused it unequivocally.
Trump's mocking 'rally speech' played to his base, and they laughed and cheered, just as he knew they would...
He grinned, he clapped, he lapped it up.
Disgusting.
Yet you call for US to 'politely' respond...
What would Rump do if he didn't have his weekly 'campaign rallies' where he rarely talks about the candidate he's endorsing but about himself? With his base (in more ways than one) of supporters stroking his enormous bloated noxious ego? That's what he lives for. Not doing the job of 'president'.
I think that's what happened to that thing that died a few decades back upon his hollow cranium.
He stroked it like heart disease ,
and all that patting damaged the wrinkled up tiny pea, inside it, or when in Russia, on top of it
If it weren't for double standards. . . . . . .
McDaniel is a t-bag scumbag that will do anything to get into power. Ol Cindy isn't any better, she was appointed to the position.
Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi rally
Please wait to write articles of what this man says that will surprise me.
So that way I won't have to read anything for years.
Seriously not much president could say would shock me.
I learned long ago when I realy listened to and comprehend what this man said. He plainly stated that words do not matter to him and deeds was all that counts.
My interpretation of that was and is. President trump will say anything he wants to get whatever he wants.
Taking that into consideration has proven useful in weeding thru the shit president trump throws onto the path of reality daily. Mainly I don't listen or take much stock in anything he says, I just watch what he does. IMO: Sooner or later reality will catch up to this whole mess and it will end. Smoke and mirrors don't last. Someday we'll all get a peek behind the curtain.
Except that all the morons who support him will still be around & still laughing at rape victims.
the morons who support him will still be around
They were before he showed up but without a leader they are not much more than annoying gnats. Give em a leader with power though and they become insane with it , as we are seeing.
So. Quoting Blasey Fraud is mocking?
Obviously there is no low Rump can sink to where you won't support his big fat lying con job ass.
Oh, Jer, even you know that he didn't "quote" her. He just threw around some of her words in a random way to create a lie for the rabble and they ate it up. He and they are really despicable people.
Mock: verb - tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Whether you're imitating someone's words or their uncontrollable movements, how it's said determines whether it is mocking or not. You have to be seriously daft not to hear the mocking tone in Trumps voice. It doesn't matter whether he repeated her word for word, which he didn't, he gave a loose paraphrase of her testimony, it's unbelievable insensitive and disgusting to tease and mock a sexual assault survivor just to get a few laughs from a crowd. The only reason he would even think of doing such a thing is because he knows his base, he knows they don't give a fig about women, sexual assault survivors, disabled Americans, minorities, liberals, progressives, LGTBQ Americans, all of them are fair game to mock at a Trump rally. The only ones they're not allowed to mock? Whites, males, Christians, Jesus, Southerners, the confederacy, choreographed wrestling and NASCAR. It's a sad testament to a political party when they're more upset by women marching wearing pink knit hats than they are about members of their own party proclaiming to be conservatives supporting Trump marching in the streets with swastika armbands waving swastika and confederate flags, many wearing MAGA hats, chanting "Jews will not replace us!".
Trump has defended Nazi's marching in the street as "fine people" while now ruthlessly mocking a survivor of sexual assault. Whatever shred of decency or conscience Trump supporters had left is now gone if they continue supporting this monster or were actually pleased with his bullying and mocking of Dr. Ford.
If only he made fun of the special Olympics he could be the bestest President ever.
When I read comments like that I have to wonder if they really come from a liberal who's trying to make a rightwinger look as horrible as possible.
Where Obama did make a comment about bowling and the SO, although in bad taste, was never meant to be hurtful. Trump on the other hand deliberately and maliciously goes after people. He could care less that his actions and words are blatantly hurtful. You comparing one incident opposed to the numerous that your hero has made is asinine.
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Have a good day
You also.
If only your Scumbag would apologize just once for being the biggest asshole on the planet.
What in the fuck are you talking about?
Obama hasn't been in office for 2 years.
Please do try to keep up.