amy closing bel amy klobuchar. we now have a more representative senate. this woman is to be believed. anna eshu is one of the most incredible people in this world. she has a heart of gold and she s sharp. she knows after sitting with that woman, you can believe anna eshu, and you can believe dr. ford. this was attempted rape, and this is a woman who exhibits, dr. ford, courage, but the classic signs of posttraumatic stress. okay. let me bring in kasie hunt, senator. you asked senator susan collins if she believed susan ford s allegation. here s what senator had to say to you, kasie. having the opportunity to observe her, being questioned, read a transcript or a deposition and make that kind of assessment is so important.
after anita hill and it was a d debacle. there were three women waiting to come forward and corroborate her testimony. this cannot be a rush job. we re talking about attempted rape here. this is serious. this is serious stuff. putting your hand over someone s mouth, you don t forget when that happens to you. and women all over this country and the men who love women and there s a lot of men who really care, are going to be searching for the truth. and here s the deal. there is no rush. do you know that the republicans waited a full year before they filled that judge scalia vacancy? now it s been just a couple of months. sit back, do your job, do it right. let the truth come out. let there be justice in this land. thank you. thank you very much, former senator barbara boxer of california. thank you, u.s. congresswoman. anna eshu.
what happened. yeah. and like so many others that are subjected to sexual abuse, they end up feeling guilty themselves. they feel ashamed of what happened. they re afraid if anyone learns about it, what they will think of them. and that s why i think the truth chris, in a democracy, we re always seeking the truth. and so she s courageous to tell the truth and that should be honored, and she should be not only that truth should be honored by demonstrating respect for her as she moves forward to give her testimony. well, i think you re a great representative. thank you. stick around for a moment, congresswoman. thank you, chris, thank you. barbara boxer with fight back.
against kavanagh is further investigated. well, obviously. with less than two months by the way until the midterm elections, how republicans handle this could have a significant impact, don t you think, on the election? let s bring in tonight s round table michael steele, adrian elrod hillary for make. and jonathan allen. i want to go to adrian on this. how do you look at this? i think the republicans maybe i m projecting where i think it s going. we heard from anna eshu and what her accounting of the meeting was like with the accuser, dr. ford. you don t want to be on the side of kavanagh of next monday s tv performance. he ll be saying i don t remember nothing. i wasn t there, i don t know what she s talking about. i never met her, blah, blah, blah. and this doctor is going to come on, this ph.d. is going to come on and in detail describe what happened. i don t think it s a fair fight. i think she s going to make the case.
he s an outstanding intellect and outstanding judge, respected by everybody. never had even a little blemish on his record. i don t know. it depends on the process. i d like see a complete process. i d like everybody to be very happy. if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. it shouldn t certainly be very much. has he offered to withdraw? next question. what a ridiculous questions. do you think this confirmation is on track? i think he s on track, yes. i think he s very much on track. if they delay it a little bit just to make sure everybody is happy, they want to be happy. in an explosive on the record interview, ford accused kavanagh of attacking her while they were both in high school. ford said she decided to go public with her story because she felt like her civic responsibility outweighed her anguish and terror about retaliation. she had initially written a confidential letter to her congresswoman anna eshu and