Jimmy Kimmel pans Kavanaugh's 'frat out of hell' testimony, judges him 'world's worst celebrity spokesperson for beer'
Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and assault accuser Christine Blasey Ford "was riveting to watch," Jimmy Kimmel said on Kimmel Live. He started out with his own Chuck Grassley impersonation, explaining why the Republican chairman of the committee outsourced the GOP men's questioning of Ford to a female prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell. Mitchell questioned Ford, "and she was supposed to question Brett Kavanaugh, too — and she did ask a couple questions, but all of a sudden she disappeared, like Roseanne," Kimmel said. "Why they decided to give her the hook, we don't know."
Ford "was an exceptionally believable witness, by all accounts — even the gang at Fox News agreed," he said. "She was polite, likable, well-spoken, and maybe more than anything, it was striking to see someone questioned before the Senate who actually answered questions — I think that's a first."
"So at halftime it seemed like the Democrats were up like 32-nothing, but then Brett Kavanaugh sat down delivered an impassioned, 45-minute speech, delivered like a frat out of hell," Kimmel said. "He was loud, he was angry, he was tearful ... and whether or not he's guilty of sexual assault, one thing we know for sure is that Brett Kavanaugh is the world's worst celebrity spokesperson for beer."
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"Some senators put on quite a show of fabricated outrage today, in particular Lindsey Graham," Kimmel noted. "Somebody must have told Lindsey Graham Donald Trump was watching, because he lit up like someone left a thumbtack on Liberace's piano bench." He questioned why "over and over again, the Republicans and Kavanaugh made it clear they do not want the FBI to get involved in this" and saw "no good reason" to call in "the only possible witness to this alleged attack," and he really lit into Donald Trump Jr., who, unlike his father, was very active on Twitter during the hearings. 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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