accusation. even if it s all true, does it disqualify him? certainly it means he did something really bad 36 years ago. but does it disqualify him from the supreme court? start with that last question. what s your answer? the fact that this candidate, for senate, doesn t believe that someone who assaults a young woman, who s a minor, 15 years old, assaults her, covers her mouth when she tries to scream, and that story s being corroborated by people who have heard this story before, the fact that she told her therapist five years ago, the fact that she told her husband five years ago, a friend a year ago, the fact that she s taken a lie detector, asking the fbi to investigate, those are all indicia of truth. the fact he says that even if it s true that it is not grounds to disqualify him, i don t know what planet he s living on. that s a violent crime. he should be going to jail if he was allowed to be prosecuted today. it s not okay. and so i think the fact that so many people, s
and my colleagues are saying oh, it s just an allegation, well, it s not just an allegation. you assess their credibility. that s their job as senators. they re supposed to assess the credibility of people who are coming forward to say i don t think this person s trust worthy. i don t think this person s telling the truth. they ve lied under oath about their past and then to roll out a fox news interview as if it s an fbi investigation. a fox news interview is not an fbi investigation. they didn t even ask all the relevant questions. and the fact that he downplayed his drinking while his best friend wrote a whole book about their drunken behavior, the fact that his college roommate said that he would come home drunken and would come home belligerent, the fact that he said about ms. ramirez, again brett kavanaugh s college roommate said i believe her because she has the kind of personality, she was kind and thoughtful, he couldn t imagine her making this up. that s called corroborating
legislative branch, but for the integrity of the judiciary, i think it is important that we have a process that is viewed as credible and respected. for more on where kavanaugh s nomination stands i m joined by democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. what s your understanding of where things are at right now? well, i feel like what we re seeing from the republican party, and certainly the white house is just attack, deny, attack, deny, and try to shove this through so quickly so that you can t actually have a real hearing. or a proper investigation. the fact that they won t allow the fbi to investigate these claims is shocking. the fact that they don t attend and call corroborating witnesses is concerning. the fact they re not even going to assess ms. ramirez s claims is also unacceptable. so i just feel like they re just pushing this through at all costs. the president today referred
nominee brett kavanaugh, an allegation kavanaugh denies. even putting aside the massive stakes for both parties, it s shaping up to be a very strange scene. for starters, the 11 republicans of the committee, all of whom are men, are not planning to ask questions. they ve hired a woman instead to do the job. we have hired a female assistant to go on staff and to ask these questions in a respectful and professional way. they don t say who their new assistant is, all we know is that she is an experienced sex crimes prosecutor who republicans won t identify. that, we should note, is contrary to the wishes of dr. ford. her lawyer writing in a later this is not repeatedly expressing concern they re trying to rig the hearing against her. mike davis, playing a central
to the claim by ms. ramirez, that she was drunk, that she was confused, is and that all of this is a con job in his eyes . i hope american women are paying attention. president trump has shown in words and deed that he doesn t value women. he s attacking someone who s come forward, a survivor. they wonder why survivors don t come forward, it s exactly this reason, because they re treated so poorly, by the commander in chief. she s being berated, accused of lying, disparaged publicly by this president. it s disgraceful. i hope the american public and women all across this country are paying attention so they can call senators and urge them to vote no on kavanaugh. clearly he doesn t have the character or honesty to be a supreme court justice. do you think the republicans or have they convinced themselves this is a conspiracy, a grand plot that you and your colleagues on the democratic side have cooked up to sabotage kavanaugh. i can t get into the minds of