all need to do better in listening to women, investigating these claims, taking them seriously. and the senate needs to do better. so now you think back to 1991, to anita hill s testimony in that hearing. that hearing had an fbi investigation beforehand. it went on for three days. it included multiple, multiple witnesses. and even that was considered to be grossly unfair and inadequate. and now, today, senate republicans are talking about a process that is far worse. we should be trying to fulfill our constitutional obligation to get to the truth here, to vet this candidate fully. and i continue to be just amazed that the republicans aren t insisting on an fbi investigation, which is the kind of foundation you need to have a productive, effective hearing in which you can actually get to the truth with multiple witnesses because there are more
stayed in his job long after the fbi raised concerns about his alleged spousal abuse. kavanaugh said he was unaware of those allegations against porter. let s bring in jennifer rubin and sam seder, and danielle moody mills. jennifer, let me start with you. i will say the people that i know that know judge kavanaugh, having clerked on the circuit court attest very highly to him. he has a good reputation. it is also the case that a this allegation is extremely serious, but b you can t kind of buy the ticket and not take the ride. you accept donald trump s nomination, you work with bill shine in the white house, like, that s kind of on you, reputationally. yeah, listen, i think these guys have trouble imagining their good buddy, brett kavanaugh, such a great guy, a good conservative, could have
be grossly unfair and inadequate. and now, today, senate republicans are talking about a process that is far worse. we should be trying to fulfill our constitutional obligation to get to the truth here, to vet this candidate fully. and i continue to be just amazed that the republicans aren t insisting on an fbi investigation, which is the kind of foundation you need to have a productive, effective hearing in which you can actually get to the truth with multiple witnesses because there are more than two witnesses in this matter according to dr. ford s account. what do you ascribe the i mean, let me give you the argument that republicans have been making. you can respond to it. that this was all done in bad faith. that the ranking member, senator feinstein, sat on this. and that it leaked out and it was a bomb exploded at the last minute as a sort of desperate attempt to fore stall this. and the mishandling has brought
know that know judge kavanaugh, having clerked on the circuit court attest very highly to him. he has a good reputation. it is also the case that a this allegation is extremely serious, but b you can t kind of buy the ticket and not take the ride. you accept donald trump s nomination, you work with bill shine in the white house, like, that s kind of on you, reputationally. yeah, listen, i think these guys have trouble imagining their good buddy, brett kavanaugh, such a great guy, a good conservative, could have done something like this. but people like this who are respectable, who are lawyers, who are doctors, abuse women, that s a fact. so their faith in him is boast misplaced and indicative of the
be very careful not to create more problems for themselves, especially with the optics of this issue, kate. yeah, abby, thanks so much. joining me now is josh dawsey, cnn political analyst and washington post political reporter. jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief at the daily beast, and chris cillizza, cnn politics reporter and editor at large. josh, what are you hearing around all this? a week, i have been kind of thinking a week is a very long time in this day and age. do you think there s any concern at this moment that kavanaugh might not make it to monday? well, it s hard to say, but kavanaugh has certainly told white house officials he wants to testify, wants to clear his name, and that reputationally he feels he frankly has to. my calls yesterday indicated that white house pretty much everyone around the president wants this nomination to go forward. as we have seen time and time again, though, the president can be fickle, can cut folks loose and decide, you know,