Two Key Senators Condemn Trump’s “Appalling” Comments

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 02: US President Donald Trump returns to the White House October 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump was attending political events in Pennsylvania, and Mississippi. (Photo by Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images)

You have to wonder if there if there’s a method behind the madness.  Why would Donald Trump mock Christine Blasey Ford?  Here are some thoughts:

*Trump has given up on Kavanaugh and has decided to say whatever he wants.

*Trump (or some faction in the GOP) has decided standing by Kavanaugh and attacking his accuser will rally the Republican base and somehow thwart a probable Democratic “blue wave” next month.

*The President was upset over the New York Times piece that makes him out to be a fraud and a con so he vented about Dr. Ford.

*Trump just vented as he is prone to do.

Whatever the motivation, two key GOP Senators, who could swing the vote for or against Brett Kavanaugh, are calling the comments “appalling” and “wrong.”

One of Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys also has some strong words about what Trump said.

Politico reports:

Even Kavanaugh and Trump’s closest allies weren’t happy with the remark.

“There’s a lot of time expiration in memory here. I think it would have been better left unsaid,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a strong GOP defender of Kavanaugh’s.

Senator Lindsey Graham has arguably been most outspoken in his defense of Kavanaugh. Today while speaking at The Atlantic Festival in DC he received boos for the way he responded to Trump’s comments.

Here’s what Conservative commentator Linda Chavez had to say.

Trump’s comments sure aren’t swaying Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell though. Today he said the vote on Kavanaugh is still happening this week and he seems upset that he and his colleagues have to face protestors on the way to work.

Meanwhile, McConnell’s counterpart in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Trump owes Ford an apology.