White House, GOP point to Democratic 'resistance' behind Kavanaugh 'smear'

[DonViejo]

They allege a sinister liberal plot to bring down the Supreme Court nominee.

By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and ANDREW RESTUCCIA 09/24/2018 08:19 PM EDT Updated 09/24/2018 10:00 PM EDT

At first, the Sunday night publication of a New Yorker article detailing a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked like a disaster for the White House.

But by Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump’s aides and allies argued it was not only survivable, but that they could turn an alleged “smear” into a political winner that might help rescue Kavanaugh’s nomination. The judge‘s accusers had overplayed their hand, they insisted of the mounting charges, and revealed the coordinated partisan attack on an honorable man.

Trump led the new offensive, telling reporters that the charges “could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything." The allegations are “starting to feel like a vast left-wing conspiracy,” counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway told CBS. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh rejected the accusations as “smears, pure and simple,” adding: “The last-minute character assassination will not succeed.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attributed the charges to “the resistance.”

Undergirding the firm response was the White House’s belief that surrender in the face of what Republican loyalists consider a liberal assault would cost Trump dearly with conservative voters, a view drawn from internal White House polling. Some key Trump officials and allies also believe the allegations are not true, or that Kavanaugh is being unfairly condemned without the benefit of due process, and are fighting to save a good man’s honor.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/white-house-kavanaugh-conspiracy-838217

[GeorgeGist]

1. Way to vault the propaganda.