Donald Trump has doubled down on his support for his Supreme Court nominee, calling Brett Kavanaugh a ‘wonderful man’ in a tweet Monday night.
‘The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man,’ the president wrote on Twitter. ‘A man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which have never been seen before!’
This comes after Trump told reporters earlier in the day in New York City that Kavanaugh is ‘a fine man’ who he hopes ‘will be confirmed quickly’, despite the sexual assault accusations made against him.
The late night tweet – which was his second attempt at tweeting his support after misspelling ‘accusations’ as ‘acquisitions’ – was the third time in a day Trump publicly defended his nominee.
Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday night to support Brett Kavanaugh for the third time in one day
He called his nominee a ‘wonderful man’ who ‘the Democrats are working hard to destroy’ and potentially ‘one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever’
‘It would be sad indeed if something happens to reroute that,’ the president told reporters in New York City on Monday after he signed a South Korean trade agreement. ‘His family has suffered. Brett Kavanaugh is an absolutely outstanding person. Hopefully he will be confirmed quickly.’
Earlier Monday, Trump slammed the charges against Kavanaugh as ‘totally political,’ criticizing the accusers for waiting so long to speak, and says he is with his Supreme Court nominee ‘all the way.’
‘Judge Kavanaugh is an outstanding person and I am with him all the way,’ the president told reporters as he arrived at a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City on Monday. ‘This could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate.’
He said the allegations against Kavanaugh are ‘totally political.’
And he criticized Christine Ford and Deborah Ramirez for waiting for so long to speak about their allegations.
‘For people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mentioned it. All of a sudden it happens. In my opinion, it’s totally political. It’s totally political,’ he said.
Pictured is Trump’s first attempt at his supportive tweet for Kavanaugh, which has since been deleted, that misspelled ‘accusations’ as ‘acquisitions’
His defense comes as Kavanaugh blasts a ‘smear’ campaign against him and vows he won’t let it drive him out of the confirmation process
Trump also suggested looking into the legal teams behind the charges. ‘We should look into the lawyers doing the representation,’ he noted.
Kavanaugh also wrote a defiant letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday.
‘There is now a frenzy to come up with something—anything—that will block this process and a vote on my confirmation from occurring,’ Kavanaugh said in the letter.
‘I will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process. The coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out. The vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out,’ he wrote.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joined the defense efforts during a blistering speech on the Senate floor on Monday.
McConnell called it ‘a smear campaign, pure and simple, aided and abetted by members of the United States Senate.’
‘I want to make it perfectly clear … Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor, up or down, on the Senate floor.’ He said it would occur ‘ in the near future.’
President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in after signing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement