By NICOLE LEMBO<\/p>\n
On Thursday, <\/span>U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the first woman to accuse him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, testified in front of the U.S. enate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. The hearing lasted almost nine hours.<\/span><\/p>\n During her time on the stand, Ford was questioned on the details surrounding her alleged encounter with Kavanaugh when they were both teenagers. Ford claims Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her at a party in the early 1980s. Kavanaugh denied these allegations and remains firm that he is innocent.<\/span><\/p>\n As one could imagine, the day\u2019s events sparked a news media frenzy. Major news outlets were covering the hearing with minute-by-minute updates, political pundits took to Twitter to voice their opinions and millions of Americans tuned in to watch the story unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n As to be expected, there was major division among the more conservative and liberal news networks, such as Fox, CNN and MSNBC regarding who is truly innocent. <\/span><\/p>\n However, in a CNN article titled, \u201cHow Fox News is covering Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony\u201d instead of defending Kavanaugh as many may expect of Fox, it discusses how the Fox News commentators watching the hearing believed Ford was actually a credible witness. <\/span><\/p>\n Also according to CNN, during Ford\u2019s testimony, Judge Andrew Napolitano stated, \u201cThe president cannot be happy with this.\u201d Yet, after the hearing, President Donald Trump, who had been watching all day, tweeted, \u201cJudge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats\u2019 search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By NICOLE LEMBO On Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the first woman to accuse him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, testified in front of the U.S. enate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. The hearing … Continue reading