Ford ends by repeating her request for caffeine.
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Leahy talking about how inspiring Ford is. Which seems to be getting Ford closer to tears.
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Leahy says the doppelganger sent a letter objecting to the theory (remember, he's a middle school teacher).
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Ford: The person who was "blamed" for the incident is actually the person who introduced me to them.
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Ford: Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my expense. I was underneath one of them while the two laughed, two good friends having a good time with each other.
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Ford, asking whether taking a break works for Grassley. Grassley: We're here to accommodate you. Ford: I'm used to being collegial.
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Ford: I was aware that I would have to walk past them to get outside of the house.
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Harris asks if they have copies of the docs Mitchell is using. It looks like the GOP have them. Grassley: You have another 30 seconds because I was rudely interrupted.
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Since being laughed at is indelibly etched in Ford's mind, here's a reminder that Brett Kavanaugh refused to look for emails from Alex Konzinski where his mentor was laughing at women. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/23/brett-kavanaugh-just-provided-compelling-evidence-he-received-sexually-explicit-emails-from-alex-kozinski/ …
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Really wished the Dem men weren't coming making big soapbox statements so far. Durbin: With what degree of certainty do you believe you were assaulted by Kavanaugh. Ford: 100%.
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Ford: I was a teenager so I wanted to go in one door and my mother go in another. I chose the wrong door bc Mark Judge was arranging shopping carts. I said hello to him. His face was white, in saying hello back.
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Ford: We had always been friendly with one another. I wouldn't characterize him as not friendly. He looked ill. Says it happened 6-8 weeks after the incident.
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Grassley uses Chair's prerogative to blame the victim, complaining that she didn't come forward sooner.
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Ford has been, obviously and understandably, really emotional. But Chuck Grassley has been as emotional -- he's really defensive about his role here.
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Ford's comment about the indelible memory of being laughed at is consistent with Brett's in-joke about the Renate alumni, a guy joking with his buddies at the expense of women. I'd sure like him to look for Kozinski emails to see whether he continued to do so until recently.
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