kavanaugh suggested another suspect from brett kavanaugh s high school class because he looks like brett kavanaugh in their high school photos. now, we re not going to show you those photos posted on twitter because it is so reckless and irresponsible a charge that republican ed whelan who posted this theory has completely retracted it. ed whelan is head of an organization that falsely calls itself the ethics and public policy center. and he s obviously a morally bankrupt ethically vacant human being. but he works closely on supreme court confirmations. and the most interesting part of ed whelan s perverse theory of the case is that he completely accepts the idea that dr. ford was sexually assaulted, it just wasn t brett kavanaugh. that tells you that the republican machinery that is working overtime to defend brett kavanaugh is expecting dr. ford to be so convincing a witness that the only two defenses in the end might be mistaken identity or as donald trump says, just wasn t that bad
a republican operative pushing the nomination of brett kavanaugh suggested another suspect from brett kavanaugh s high school class because he looks like brett kavanaugh in their high school photos. now, we re not going to show you those photos posted on twitter because it is so reckless and irresponsible a charge that republican ed wheelin who posted this theory has completely retracted it. ed wheelin is head of an organization that falsely calls itself the ethics and public policy center. and he s obviously a morally bankrupt ethically vacant human being. but he works closely on supreme court confirmations. and the most interesting part of ed wheelin s perverse theory of the case is that he completely accepts the idea that dr. ford was sexually assaulted, it just wasn t brett kavanaugh. that tells you that the republican machinery that is working overtime to defend brett kavanaugh is expecting dr. ford to be so convincing a witness
the second problem is we have understands and agreements with allies around the world and we share sensitive information with them. they were upset by the notion that stuff they provoided to us were going to be made public. it seems like better judgment has provided.ided to us were going to be made public. it seems like better judgment has provided. maybe folks in the law enforcement community got to the president and explained it. in this case, thank goodness, he seems to be doing the right thing at this moment. that could change. gentlemen, thank you very much. you bet. a conservative activist and president of the ethics and public policy center apologized today after a tweet storm that raised doubt about christine a blasey ford recollection.
and lisa motherkowski and kavanaugh said that case was important precedent of the supreme court. republicans are expecting a couple of democrats will come over as well. joe manchin, heidi heitkam and joe donnelly all facing tough reelection bids in states that president trump won and last year all three vote today confirm current justice neil gorsuch, if the timeline goes forward, september 26th is when we ll have the final vote and that will allow judge neil caf brett kavanaugh to be seated on the supreme court before they begin the next term october 1st and that s been the goal all along. exciting two weeks, arthel. arthel: that s for sure, eric, for more on this, we will bring in ed, he s the president of the ethics and public policy center, also former clerk of the late justice antonin scalia, first up, ed, what did you think of judge kavanaugh s overall performance and break it down to areas where he was especially
by the end of september. mike: chuck grassley fired up for a huge week next week, looking ahead to the big confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh. bottom line, he s set to start just after the labor day holiday. this despite a last minute push by democrats to delay those hearings. let s bring in ed whalen, former clerk to the late justice scalia and president of the ethics and public policy center. great to have you. thank you. mike: we know judge kavanaugh is preparing for what is going to be thrown at him and the senators on the judiciary committee are doing their prep sessions as well. what are your expectations heading into a huge week for the supreme court nomination? i think we will have a thorough examination of judge kavanaugh s impressive record. this is a judge who has served for 12 years on the d.c. circuit with distinction, has written more than 300 opinions. i hope very much the focus will be on his actual judicial