Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer tweeted a defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday morning.
Fleischer, who worked alongside Kavanaugh during the George W. Bush administration, was responding to critics who suggested Kavanaugh’s visible anger — over allegations he repeatedly claimed to be false — proves that he does not have the temperament to sit on the Supreme Court.
The notion that Kavanaugh’s angry denial shows he doesn’t have the temperment to be a good judge is a laughable in every direction. If someone in a courtroom accuses the judge of gang rape, the judge would tap their gavel and find the accuser in contempt of court.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 30, 2018
Fleischer argued that, should someone accuse the judge of something like gang rape in open court, he would simply drop the gavel and hold the accuser in contempt. Applying that analogy further, he explained that claiming how Kavanaugh’s response would be relevant in court demands that one also look at the accusation in the context of the courtroom as well.
2/2 So if you want to pretend Kavanaugh’s actions took place in a court room, you should also conclude that all the D Senators in the “court room” should be led away by the marshal.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 30, 2018
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