Page 35 - Memory Lapses News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

It? i don't know. but i had one beer. that's the only thing i remember. >> let's put aside for a second the fact that such memory lapses are not even remotely uncommon for survivors of sexual assault and for one men let's ignore whether or not you believe that it was kavanaugh who assaulted christine blasey-ford. let's take a closer look at what president trump was doing here, provoking laughter, invoking a certain reaction from some of those in the crowd. take a closer look. >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. let's remember what she told the senate about her most power...

Pathetic, he was aggressive and belligerent after drinking. it was kind of brett's shtick. so not a one time, he was known for this. >> correct. >> most importantly he had memory lapses where he couldn't remember things, quote, many times. >> yeah, you know, there's sort of two categories of inquiry here and i don't know which -- you know, how this all plays out, but the sexual assault issues are obviously the most important and if there is proof of that that is, i think everybody agrees, disqualifying. the other question is did he lie, mislead about his drinking during his testimony. those ar...

Back to kind of his origin story as a person, not as a politician, but the problem for kavanaugh is that it really focuses attention on something the white house was actually trying to steer away from because they want to say that the drinking is not of issue here, the issue is whether he would be willing to engage in a violent act of sexual assault and they say the answer to that is clearly no. >> i don't know how they can say that. i mean, chad ludington who i believe we have sound from said he had a hair trigger ma cheese mow which was pathetic and he had memory lapses after drinking. how c...

It's no longer alleged. there was a police report. police came to the incident. >> chris dudley was taken in for questioning, i don't think there were any arrests and certainly kavanaugh was arrested but there was questioning. >> fair enough. there is documentation about this. my point is that this is part and parcel of the same thing. if you are a mean and aggressive drunk, if you have repeated memory lapses, that does play into whether or not you can be trusted about these sexual assault that a woman says she remembers 100%. >> right. i think that is -- as i say, these questions are related,...

Did admit that he sometimes drank too much. what he did say or refused to say is that ever had any memory lapses. i don't know how you're going to prove that. that seems to me difficult to prove and charles ludington may be he thinks he had memory lapses is there any way to prove it? >> it comes down to who you believe. we're not talking about the second in command at the commerce department, we are talking about a judge, someone who should inherently have those characteristics of fairness, of honesty, truthfulness, that's what they expect from people sitting across from them. if thinks charac...