Trump Flashes ‘Thumbs Up’ on Air Force One After Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
- President says his attack on Blasey Ford was a pivotal moment
- Says battle for Supreme Court pick has energized Republicans
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President Donald Trump flashed reporters aboard Air Force One two thumbs up as the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to push the top U.S. court to the right, and later assailed demonstrators who banged on the doors of the Supreme Court in protest as “an angry mob.”
Trump told reporters on his plane he was “100 percent” certain that Christine Blasey Ford, who accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, named the wrong person. Later, he said that pivoting to attack to the California professor in a speech marked a turning point for Kavanaugh’s nomination.