brett kavanaugh by staying quiet. his aides were working in overdrive to stop trump from any attack on the accuser which could backfire. tonight the backfiring has begun. trump claiming in a tweet that someone who experienced real abuse would have reported at the time. she was 15 and most legal and sexual assault experts say that view is totally incorrect. many victims of sexual assault spoke out in response about their own delays in reporting attacks and the many reasons for that. it was grouped under a hashtag online why i didn't report. as for the political backfire, senator susan collins. >> i was appalled by the president's tweet. first of all, 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.