Even Fox & Friends thought it was a bad move for Trump to attack Christine Blasey Ford
When you've lost Fox & Friends, you know you messed up.
President Trump's favorite cable news show scolded his mocking of Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday said that criticizing Ford may not have been a good move "tactically." Trump defended Kavanaugh by imitating Ford, mocking her for being unable to remember some details about the alleged assault. The crowd at the rally where he made the comments laughed and cheered.
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"I wonder about the wisdom, as much as the crowd loved it," said Kilmeade, "I wonder about the wisdom tactically of him doing that."
Kilmeade continued to kindly assume the president was operating under a very strategic master plan and wondered why he had suddenly switched to a new phase in the operation. "The tactic of the president laying low has been lauded by all sides," he said, noting that Trump had previously been relatively restrained in his comments on Ford. "Last night, he chose to blow it."
Watch the moment below. Summer Meza
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