ND-SEN: But you are, Blanche, you are

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North Dakota GOP Senate nominee Kevin Cramer said on Friday that the accusation against Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh was "even more absurd" than Anita Hill's accusation against Clarence Thomas because Kavanaugh and his accuser were drunk teenagers when the alleged incident occurred.

Cramer added that Ford's allegations were less legitimate than Hill's in part because the assault she describes "never went anywhere."

Cramer, who currently represents North Dakota as a congressman, was comparing Hill's 1991 allegations of workplace sexual harassment against the later-confirmed Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas to California professor Christine Blasey Ford's current allegation of sexual assault against Kavanaugh.

"If to the degree there was any legitimacy to Anita Hill's claims, and she tried and didn't prevail -- Clarence Thomas did and America did -- this case is even more absurd because these people were teenagers when this supposed alleged incident took place," Cramer said on the Jarrod Thomas Show on 1310 KNOX, a local North Dakota radio station. "Teenagers. Not a boss-supervisor-subordinate situation, as the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill situation was claimed to be. These are teenagers who evidently were drunk, according to her own statement. They were drunk. Nothing evidently happened in it all, even by her own accusation. Again, it was supposedly an attempt or something that never went anywhere."

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Cramer apparently doesn't think that attempted rape is a crime because there was no penetration.

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How long until this rape gaffe ends up in an ad?

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wow, I hope this gets some traction... Go, Heidi!

Heitkamp needs to hammer this home

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If someone is working on Heitkamp's campaign, please make an ad like this:

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Female voice:

Kevin Cramer don't think that attempted rape is a crime because "they were drunk and nothing evidently happened".

Tell Kevin Cramer that attempted rape is rape.

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Just hammer those two lines for the rest of the election.

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I doubt this will move many votes in ND

It doesn't need to.

Just moving the needle slightly can make a huge difference.

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If someone is working on Heitkamp's campaign, please make an ad like this:

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Female voice:

Kevin Cramer don't think that attempted rape is a crime because "they were drunk and nothing evidently happened".

Tell Kevin Cramer that attempted rape is rape.

_____________________________________________________________

Just hammer those two lines for the rest of the election.

Yeah I wouldn't even reference this specifically in regards to Kavanaug, but issues of sexual assault in general.

If she votes YEA on Kavanaugh, though, she loses the moral ground to attack Cramer on this issue.

Exactly, which is why she has to vote NO.

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I am hoping for a new poll to see how the race has shifted since Cramer's gaffe.

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Cramer questions whether Kavanaugh assault allegation is disqualifying — even if true

Rep. Kevin Cramer, the Republican nominee for Senate in North Dakota, questioned whether the allegation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be disqualifying for his Supreme Court nomination even if it were true.

In an interview with a local TV station, Cramer said if Christine Blasey Ford's allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her three decades ago were true, it would be "unfortunate" and "terrible," but should be weighed against his life and judicial record since that time.

"Even if it's all true, does it disqualify him? It certainly means that he did something really bad 36 years ago, but does it disqualify him from the Supreme Court?" Cramer asked.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/25/cramer-questions-kavanaugh-assault-allegation-839970

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This is the second time Cramer has dismissed the allegations against Kavanaugh, and this time he added that it wouldn't be disqualifying "even if" they were true.

At this point, I wouldn't even consider this a gaffe anymore.