Podhoretz Calls out Ben Wittes: You’ve Been Calling on Kavanaugh to Withdraw Before Hearings Began

EXCERPT:

PODHORETZ: “Ben, John Podhoretz here. Can I just point out that on September 21st, you said that Kavanaugh should withdraw his own nomination because Christine Blasey Ford’s claims seemed credible to you and that the burden of proof was on him? I would argue that this attitude, that the burden of proof was on Kavanaugh is precisely the attitude that has caused the Republican surge, and it leads me to question, you know, the — you already said, you said before his testimony that he should withdraw his nomination. So now that you’re saying that he should withdraw his nomination because his temperament was bad and he was too partisan leaves me to believe that you came in the with a fixed attitude and that it is not entirely, you know — this is not entirely a discovery that you just made after the testimony.”