[FONT="]White women are as likely to believe Kavanaugh as they are Christine Blasey Ford, polls have found, continuing a long pattern of voting Republican
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Brett Kavanaugh’s wife Ashley, right, and Kavanaugh supporter Laura Cox Kaplan during the Senate judiciary committee hearing. Photograph: Melina Mara/EPA[FONT="]It would make sense that the people most likely to believe the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford would be the ones who look like her: middle-aged, white women.
But polls and even a cursory glance at cable news show this not to be the case.
Fox News host Martha MacCallum said that following Ford’s testimony, she kept hearing from moms who “fear due process is dead”. If Brett Kavanaugh is denied a supreme court confirmation over Ford’s sexual assault allegations, these women fear their sons could be subjected to “an unfair precedent” one day.
It’s a view very much condoned in the White House. Donald Trump – in addition to vocally defending Kavanaugh – recently used the moment to push back on his own more than a dozen female accusers, and bemoaned“the trauma for a man” involved in having such claims aired.
Donald Trump Jr, when asked if he was more worried for his sons or daughters, said: “Right now, I’d say my sons.”
In other words, they’re thinking more of men than women, and no small number of white women seem happy to follow suit.
[FONT="] Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump 9m9 minutes agoMore
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[FONT="]Women for Kavanaugh, and many others who support this very good man, are gathering all over Capital Hill in preparation for a 3-5 P.M. VOTE. It is a beautiful thing to see - and they are not paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs. Big day for America!
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[FONT="]Lucia Graves[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Sat 6 Oct 2018 10.00 BSTLast modified on Sat 6 Oct 2018 13.40 BST[/FONT]
Brett Kavanaugh’s wife Ashley, right, and Kavanaugh supporter Laura Cox Kaplan during the Senate judiciary committee hearing. Photograph: Melina Mara/EPA[FONT="]It would make sense that the people most likely to believe the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford would be the ones who look like her: middle-aged, white women.
But polls and even a cursory glance at cable news show this not to be the case.
Fox News host Martha MacCallum said that following Ford’s testimony, she kept hearing from moms who “fear due process is dead”. If Brett Kavanaugh is denied a supreme court confirmation over Ford’s sexual assault allegations, these women fear their sons could be subjected to “an unfair precedent” one day.
It’s a view very much condoned in the White House. Donald Trump – in addition to vocally defending Kavanaugh – recently used the moment to push back on his own more than a dozen female accusers, and bemoaned“the trauma for a man” involved in having such claims aired.
Donald Trump Jr, when asked if he was more worried for his sons or daughters, said: “Right now, I’d say my sons.”
In other words, they’re thinking more of men than women, and no small number of white women seem happy to follow suit.
[FONT="] Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump 9m9 minutes agoMore
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[FONT="]Women for Kavanaugh, and many others who support this very good man, are gathering all over Capital Hill in preparation for a 3-5 P.M. VOTE. It is a beautiful thing to see - and they are not paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs. Big day for America!
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