By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--September 28, 2018
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The rage Judge Kavanaugh displayed, apart from its bearing on his judicial temperament, exposed the dark side of a guy who seemed fully capable of getting sloshed, doing exactly what Dr. Ford described, laughing as he did it, and barely remembering the next day what he had done.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 27, 2018
Kavanaugh is an Irish Catholic w a drinking problem. I know his type well! I grew up w ppl just like him!
— Jane Gregg (@JaneGummyof3) September 28, 2018
It wasn’t just Dr. Ford’s testimony that was triggering yesterday, but in Kavanaugh’s demeanor and rage, I saw nearly every man who has ever laid a hand on me – that specific kind of rage that appears when an entitled but insecure man runs out of ways to control you.
— Emma Beals (@ejbeals) September 28, 2018
“Unhinged… angry… unrestrained… That’s not someone who looks like a centrist jurist to me,” says @SymoneDSanders, reacting to Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony today https://t.co/3MgiUC5v3M pic.twitter.com/wz4m0CAq5z
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) September 28, 2018
Kavanaugh’s hearing was a celebration of male anger ― the power of anger to bring men together, to reinforce their certainty about what is owed to them as men and, of course, to sweep women’s anger and pain to the side. https://t.co/BUvZ1f6NH9
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 28, 2018
Folks, we are all getting a taste of the aggression that emerged when Kavanaugh got drunk, and it ain’t pretty. His demeanor is not rebutting the allegations–if anything, it is validating them. pic.twitter.com/rgkVc0qTDq
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) September 27, 2018
Going into this hearing, one thing Kavanaugh had going for him was his reserved demeanor, which was inconsistent with the image of him assaulting someone. When he unleashed an angry, emotional attack, Kavanaugh gave the Senators a glimpse of what he’s like when he’s angry.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 27, 2018
If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he’s like when he gets inebriated.#KavanaughHearings https://t.co/jqszfqb8Fq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 27, 2018
Feinstein on Kavanaugh’s demeanor: “I have never seen someone who wanted to be elevated to the highest court in our country behave in that manner.”
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 28, 2018
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