Fox in turmoil
by digby
Fox News’ CHRIS WALLACE says in wake of Kavanaugh allegations “two of my daughters have told me stories that I have never heard before about things that happened in high school & hadn’t told their parents… I don’t this we can disregard Ford and the seriousness of this.” pic.twitter.com/5lKaTDo9Cy— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 27, 2018
WALLACE: “The implication here is that somehow she’s a Dem operative or an anti-Kav operative. The fact is, she did send this letter in July before Brett Kavanaugh was even nominated … it doesn’t sound like a Dem operative.” pic.twitter.com/ZOZhf80VSy— Lis Power (@LisPower1) September 27, 2018
Fox News’ Chris Wallace at the first break in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony: Her testimony is “extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible,” while cross-examination format “is a disaster for the Republicans.” pic.twitter.com/fHy0rcwAV2— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 27, 2018
MacCallum and Wallace suggest that Kavanaugh mimic Clarence Thomas by portraying himself as a victim, attacked for being a white man. pic.twitter.com/PzG2CUUFsX— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 27, 2018
Judge Nap: Ford “is extremely credible,” Mitchell is actually “helping her credibility… the president cannot be happy with this.” Adds Kavanaugh must come out outraged, “only that will save him at this point” pic.twitter.com/6QMDbDl4Rz— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 27, 2018
“Very sympathetic witness,” says Brit Hume on Fox News’s coverage.— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 27, 2018
Aaaaand, Huckleberry has a hysterical meltdown:
A woman just told @LindseyGrahamSC she was raped. He said, as he headed into an elevator, “I’m sorry. Tell the cops.”— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) September 27, 2018
Sen. Graham warns Democrats: “If this is the new norm, you better watch out for your nominees” pic.twitter.com/p9NIryUl7Y— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 27, 2018
Meanwhile:
“If we agree on nothing else today, I hope on a bipartisan basis, we can agree on how much courage it has taken for you to come forward and I think you have earned America’s gratitude,” Sen. Blumenthal tells Dr. Blasey Ford as she starts to cry. https://t.co/DLQiYBJ2GN pic.twitter.com/UIv3mxg6wv— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 27, 2018
Update: Graham’s full quote
“Let me put it this way to my Republican colleagues: If this becomes the new standard where you have an accusation for weeks, you drop it right before the hearing you withhold from the committee a chance to do this in a professional timely fashion when they say they’re going to do this is, to delay the vote, get the Senate back in 2018 so they can fill the seat, I don’t want to publicly reward that kind of behavior. I think we’ve been very fair. And to my Republican colleagues: if you can ignore everything in this record, an allegation that’s 35 years old, that’s uncertain in time place date and no corroboration, If that’s enough for you, God help us all as Republicans because this happens to us, but this never happens to them. Let me tell my Democratic friends: if this is the new norm, you better watch out for your nominees.”