Pres. Trump mocks Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony at rally

SOUTHAVEN, MS (CBS/AP) — President Trump used his “Make America Great Again” rally Tuesday night in Mississippi to hit back against the scrutiny surrounding his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The confirmation process to appoint Kavanaugh has been delayed over allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct decades ago.

The audience laughed as Mr. Trump ran through a list of what he described as holes in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She testified that Kavanaugh pinned her on a bed, tried to take off her clothes and covered her mouth in the early 1980s, when the two were teenagers. Kavanaugh has denied Ford’s allegations.

“How did you get home? ‘I don’t remember,'” Mr. Trump said at the rally in Southaven, apparently alternating between questioner and an impression of Ford. “How did you get there? ‘I don’t remember.’ Where is the place? ‘I don’t remember.’ How many years ago was it? ‘I don’t know.'”

Imitating Ford, Mr. Trump added, “But I had one beer — that’s the only thing I remember.” At that point the crowd erupted in cheers and applause. Mr. Trump said “a man’s life is shattered,” referencing Kavanaugh, and “these are really evil people.”

It marked the sharpest criticism by Mr. Trump of Ford since she came forward publicly with the allegation last month. He had previously called Ford a “very credible witness.”

A lawyer representing Ford, Michael Bromwich, called Mr. Trump’s attack “vicious, vile and soulless.”

“Is it any wonder that she was terrified to come forward, and that other sexual assault survivors are as well?” Bromwich tweeted. “She is a remarkable profile in courage. He is a profile in cowardice.”

You can watch Mr. Trump’s rally in its entirety here.