administration. there s some damaging stuff that came out in this transcript and some other transcripts. and that will have the ability to be public testimony next week, so the nightly news can get a sound bite on some of these things and print can now be brought to life on television, but i do think there s a risk for democrats here and at least this is what republicans are hoping they will also now get their public crack at these witnesses. and like we saw with the mueller testimony and kavanaugh testimony, having these public hearings might not go as well for the democrats as they hope. if republicans feel they re able to chip away at these witnesses how do you chip away at vindman, at taylor, at this new guy kent? well, we ll see. look how they went after christine blasey ford trying to bring up things how she had a fear of flieg ying or whether ot she did. look how linldsey graham was abe to grand stand and kavanaugh
it did not sway any votes. it was more kavanaugh s testimony and his denial. it also underscores the president s head. that could have built momentum outside. and build enthusiasm among republicans. now it s not are inially getting susan collins. the moment was the kavanaugh testimony and lindsey graham s performance, shall we say, at the hearing. combined with the scrutiny of kavanaugh and the stories that i think folks on the right found to be far-fetched or unfair. that was well before the president went to south haven. he loves confrontation and saying i m right. he loves saying i got this to the finish line and he could have said justice kavanaugh is on the court. he chooses this.
speak up if you re on this side of the equation. but guess what? we re speaking up like nobody has ever spoken up before. they want to get the power that they so desperately crave, that was taken away from them. all of the democrats know and all they really know how to do is obstruct, resist, demolish, destroy, and delay. they ve been trying to destroy judge kavanaugh since the very first second he was announced. the president s strategy, blame. blame democrats for a so-called attack on conservatives. it s working. you heard the boos. the crowd was eating it up. and it s no accident that judge kavanaugh used the same talking point in his testimony last
but if you look at this, he apologizes for being too emotional, but he offers an excuse for that. he said it s the nature of the allegations made against him and it s because his family, his daughters, his wife, his parents were seated in that room. but, don, he doesn t apologize for the specific instances that caused so much attention last week and that was that one with senator amy klobuchar when he turned the question on her asking her if she had ever blacked out. when he asked one democratic senator what kind of beer he liked to drink. when he asked another if they like to play quarters. several of thougse instances no named in the op-ed. it was more of a broad brush apology denial, whatever you d like to call it, really trying to ease the fears of those who will determine the fate of his life essentially. judge kavanaugh writes in this op-ed that is an independent impartial judge. and then you hear the testimony what he says. this is revenge, i m paraphrasetion, for the clintons
week. the very same testimony he is trying to explain away in his op-ed tonight. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent-up anger about president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. revenge on behalf of the clintons. and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups. hmm. what does he say? i am an independent, impartial judge. that s his op-ed. but this is not politics as usual. it s not just republicans versus democrat. there is a not at all subtle undercurrent to all of this. so listen to me closely. lindsey graham spelled it out. lindsey graham spelled tout.