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Ep. 301: Exclusive Interview With Female High School Friend, Supporter of Kavanaugh

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🗓️ 21 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Washington remains fixated this week on the allegations brought against Judge Brett Kavanaugh — but in the midst of it all, 65 women who knew Kavanaugh in high school have come to his defense. Daily Signal reporter Rachel del Guidice spoke to one of those women, and she shares exclusive audio from that interview. Plus: A Michigan high school is getting rid of the homecoming queen because of “bullying.” We also cover these stories:--Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, says she’s open to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee — just not on Monday.--President Trump calls out Congress over the lack of funding for the border wall.--Walmart warns about long-term impact of raising tariffs on goods from China.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, September 21st. I'm Kate Trinko.

0:09.7

And I'm Daniel Davis. Washington remains fixated this week on the allegations brought against Judge Brett Kavanaugh,

0:16.3

but in the midst of it all, 65 women who knew him in high school have come to his defense.

0:21.8

Daily Signal reporter Rachel Del Judas spoke to one of those women

0:25.2

and she'll join us to share exclusive audio from that interview. Plus a Michigan high school is getting

0:30.9

rid of the homecoming Queen because of bullying.

0:34.0

We'll have some hot takes on that.

0:36.0

But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.

0:39.0

Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Blasy Ford says she's open to

0:46.6

testifying now before the Senate Judiciary Committee just not on Monday.

0:50.6

On Wednesday the committee's chairman Chuck Grassley gave her a

0:54.2

deadline of Friday at 10 a.m. to decide if she wants to testify the following Monday.

0:58.6

At first she had declined but now that Republicans including key swing votes, are signaling they'll go through

1:04.6

with Kavanaugh's confirmation vote if they don't hear from her, she's expressing more willingness.

1:10.1

On Thursday, her lawyers said that she was open to the possibility of testifying next week,

1:15.1

but not on Monday.

1:16.4

They say that would be arbitrary.

1:19.6

President Trump isn't happy over the state of play on spending right now. In a tweet

1:24.4

Thursday the president tweeted, I want to know where is the money for border

1:28.2

security and the wall in this ridiculous spending bill. He added,

1:33.0

Dem's are obstructing law enforcement and border security.

1:37.0

Republicans must finally get tough.

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