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WAPO: 45's babysitters are working overtime to keep the fool from making things worse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-trump-muted-white-house-leans-on-kavanaugh-to-defend-himself/2018/09/17/9eab4e64-ba95-11e8-9812-a389be6690af_story.html?utm_term=.e1f89d9fcea3Headline: With Trump muted, White House leans on Kavanaugh to defend himself
By Robert Costa ,Philip Rucker ,Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey September 17 at 8:07 PM
The situation is so fragile that Republican officials said they fear that any impulsive statement by the president could have negative ramifications — for himself, for Kavanaugh or for the GOP overall.
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh speaks in the East Room of the White House on July 9. He has denied the accusation that he assaulted a fellow teenager while in high school. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Trump’s advisers calmed him by giving him space to vent privately about Senate Democrats, whom Republicans accuse of improperly withholding the sexual assault allegation until now, officials said. Trump, who spoke Sunday with Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), concluded that the confirmation process should continue to be mostly handled by senators and was content trusting them with it, as he had for Justice Neil M. Gorsuch’s successful nomination last year, they said.
