Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., used Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s emotional defense of himself against allegations of sexual misconduct to question how the judge acts when drinking.
“If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he’s like when he gets inebriated,” the lawmaker tweeted during Kavanaugh’s opening remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
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If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he’s like when he gets inebriated.#KavanaughHearings https://t.co/jqszfqb8Fq
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 27, 2018
Lieu also retweeted other Twitter users who were stunned by Kavanaugh’s emphatic remarks.
His rage is palpable and he’s sober. Easy to imagine him drunk and very angry. Not fit for this court (or any court)
— Jenny Sampson (@JennySampson16) September 27, 2018
Instead we can see the mean drunk… and he’s sober #KavanaughConfirmation https://t.co/dLYotmLZLz
— Rosalind Chao (@rosalindchao) September 27, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford, who testified earlier in the day about her allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school, said Kavanaugh was drunk when the incident occurred.
In a separate allegation, Kavanaugh’s former Yale University classmate Deborah Ramirez claims the judge exposed himself to her while they were both drunk.
President Trump’s nominee has vehemently denied the allegations.
During Thursday’s hearing, Kavanaugh said he drank beer with his friends in high school and he still enjoys the activity.
“I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes, others did,” Kavanaugh said. “I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out, and I never sexually assaulted anyone.”
