Trump: ‘Everybody was drinking’ in college, ‘it was totally normal’

Published October 2, 2018 6:30pm ET



President Trump on Tuesday defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by saying drinking alcohol in college was “totally normal” because just about everybody was doing it, but stressed that Kavanaugh does need to be honest about his activities as he answers questions from Congress.

“I remember my college days, everybody was drinking, it was like normal, I was abnormal. It was totally normal,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House.

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