Reza AslanVerified account

maybe they would with more than five minutes each?

Couldn't. Had five minutes. Judge used his time to talk about lifting weights with Blain and making afghans for orphans with Betty. It's all in his calendar...right by his entry on July 1 where he had brews and then blacked out and attacked Ford. #BelieveSurvivors

Yeah...there’s was a lot to cover that day, give them a break and let’s keep our eye on the ball

I think some of them were wholly unprepared for his petulant presentation.

More than one asked him about his conspiratorial comments...

His answer would've been.. Senator, I played basketball on the varsity team, drank a beer, okay 2, 6 shh.. went to church & went to yale. Should I repeat it?

Can I suggest you watch Amy Klobuchar's statement from the Friday committee mtg? I think she covered the reasons for No extremely well.

Strategy. Let the media & people discuss; let the mod Rs ponder w/out making it a 'Dem' thing.

Giving them defense they may not deserve-they seemed focused on inconsistencies and calling for an FBI investigation.Given one may result-I won’t fault them. But wish they had pressed his many lies and dissemblings. Especially around drinking age change and drinking/memory loss.

They only had 5 mins each. They had to focus on Dr. Ford's testimony and how it related to Kavanaugh directly. Some did mention it though (Booker, Harris)

I felt their questions were not broad enough. Same FBI questions over and over. Could’ve fought harder.

I pretty sure @KamalaHarris pushed a question in that direction asking him whether he believes Dr. Ford is motivated by partisanship.

Probably afraid they’d get yelled at. After all, it was a taxing day, yeah?