would pull this nomination immediately -- >> pull the nomination?! >> pull the nomination, absolutely. look, there's a lot of qualified judges and attorneys in the united states that can fill this role, my understanding is that dr. ford has already passed a lie detector test. if donald trump was smart and he's not, he would pull the nomination, and he would move to the next nominee on the list and start over. >> you know, it's an interesting point. because he's actually, the president, been getting some credit headed in the opposite direction. that given so much politicization of this already by the senators involved, he actually sounded somewhat reasonable today when he said this. >> you would have thought, certainly, that she would have brought it up at the meeting, not wait until everything's finished and then have to start a process all over again. but with all of it being said, we want to go through a full process. >> at least he was saying what a lot of republicans weren't saying that. yeah, you've got to vet this, you've got to go through it.