CNN’s Collins: Trump Attacked Ford Because He Was Feeding Off the Crowd

‘President Trump did not lay out the case like Sarah Sanders said repeatedly that he did’

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COLLINS: “It doesn't seem to be any strategy here. President Trump last Friday said he thought she was a compelling witness with incredible testimony and yesterday said maybe he could change his mind after he heard the FBI report and saw what was in there. Then President Trump goes to a rally and, as Jeff was explaining — Jeff was there last night. Trump dabbled in this a little bit. He brought up Christine Blasey Ford, he fed off of that. That led him to go to those questions where he said I don’t remember. I don’t remember this. I only had one beer. He’s feeding off the crowd there. And that’s the same thing we see when we're in the Oval Office. He’s feeding off the people who are around him. He knows what the reporters want to hear and his aides want to hear. He knows what the people in that rally want to hear. I have a problem with what Sarah Sanders said. Regardless of if you believe everything that Christine Blasey Ford said was true or if you do not believe her at all, he did not state the facts. He said the only thing she could remember is that she had one beer. That’s not true. She recalled what she was wearing, who was in the room, she remembered the laughter, reaction from the boys and she remembers a lot more than what she alleged — President Trump alleged during that rally last night. To say that she didn’t remember any of those things is not stating the facts. President Trump did not lay out the case like Sarah Sanders said repeatedly today that he did.”

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