Trevor Noah highlights the 'striking' contrast between Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh


The Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford was "the only story anyone was talking about today," Trevor Noah said on Thursday's Daily Show. Ford showed up ready to calmly run through her allegations that Kavanaugh tried to rape her 36 years ago, and she came prepared: "Oh snap! People were asking how the lady can trust her brain — turns out she's a brain scientist!"
The contrast between the "surprisingly gracious and agreeable" Ford and the "angry" and petulant Kavanaugh "was striking," Noah said. He summarized Kavanaugh's opening statement, and much of his testimony, like this: "I demanded a hearing! I demanded it! You didn't give it to me! I demanded it! Anyway, if you'll put me on the court now, I'm prepared to put my emotions aside and rule fairly and soberly. Yeah, I think we can all agree I know how to handle my emotions." Seriously, Noah said, "this guy was such an a--hole, it looked like he was auditioning for a Snickers commercial." He played some more of Kavanaugh's exchanges, suggesting that unlike in his Fox News interview, "you could feel real Brett coming through."
"I don't know what the full story is here," Noah said. "What I do know is Brett Kavanaugh has been consistently shady about his history of partying as a teenage boy." His opposition to an FBI investigation was telling, and it was a bad day for anyone hoping we'd get "a step closer to learning the truth about whether Brett Kavanaugh is fit for the Supreme Court, but from the beginning, today was never going to be enough time for us to get closer to the truth," Noah said. "It was only going to be enough time to make both sides feel better about how they were already going to vote anyway." He ended with a dig at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Watch below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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