If you didn’t see the opening statement that Judge Brett Kavanaugh delivered, sit down and watch it. It is about 45 minutes long, so it’s not a short statement. But it is one full of righteous anger and heartbreaking agony at what the last week and a half has done to the personal life and professional career to this man.

Judge Kavanaugh came out of the gates swinging. He was not going to let these charges lie passively at his feet. He was determined to refute each and every one of them in the most emphatic way possible.

But from the way pundits on Twitter went through their hot takes, you’d think Kavanaugh was a deranged lunatic for defending himself. Oh, and that he doesn’t have the right temperament to be a judge.

After Kavanaugh’s opening statement, I hope most of us can agree that even if he didn’t assault Ford, he has just shown us that he lacks the temperament to serve on the Supreme Court.

— Will Saletan (@saletan) September 27, 2018

This is what you’re going with, leftist Twitter? Really?

Luke, if I call you a rapist, you might be a bit angry https://t.co/6o752DXCUb

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 27, 2018

The idea that a man shouldn’t loudly protest his innocence when being faced with the level of destruction that Judge Kavanaugh is facing, is just beyond crazed, and veers into monstrous. It is sexist.
https://twitter.com/Pomquat/status/1045404487882612736
And it is gaslighting of the worst kind.

We hear the term "gaslighting" a lot.

Accusing someone of being a criminal rapist for two weeks and then tsk-tsking him for being mad about that is gaslighting.

— Jamie Kirchick (@jkirchick) September 27, 2018

The definition of gaslighting is such:
verb: to cause (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation
And demanding that Judge Kavanaugh not respond to these insane charges with any kind of emotion is just inhuman.

Imagine–just for one moment try to actually put yourself in the shoes of another–that you've been falsely accused of being a serial gang-rapist on national TV because you hold the wrong judicial politics. I WOULD BE DROPPING F-BOMBS EVERY FIVE SECONDS. https://t.co/9KAYPDuvL4

— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) September 27, 2018

Fortunately, Senator Lindsey Graham had enough.

Gloves off, Lindsey Graham lays a few haymakers on his Democrat colleagues… "If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come to us. What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. You've said that. Not me." pic.twitter.com/PqeNmZoWgd

— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) September 27, 2018

I am now completely reassessing my opinion of Lindsey Graham with THAT statement.

This circus needs to come to an end. Dr. Ford has had her say. With no evidence to support her allegation, this needs to be over. Judge Kavanaugh is rightly angry because his life has been upended and his reputation ruined. The only solution now to this attempted borking is to get the vote over.

Featured image: Judge Brett Kavanaugh delivering his opening statement, September 27, 2018 (image via screenshot)