Thread by @hughhewitt

“HH: Now it has been suggested that because all members of the Republican side are white men that you ought to appoint a special counsel to conduct the questioning of Professor Ford should she appear, say someone like former Senator Ayotte, who was New Hampshire attorney general.

Any consideration to that, Senator Grassley?
CG: I would say that everything should be considered now. And all those things are being taken into consideration. So I don’t, I don’t really, in other words, you’re raising legitimate questions that are still on our minds,

and so these details are still being worked out.
HH: Have you discussed, there is a great concern, because all of the Republicans are men and some are older, you know, Ben Sasse, I don’t think, is shaving, yet, but many of you are older, that there will be insensitivity or

indifference to Professor Ford? Do you think that is a real danger to the Republicans?
CG: Well, journalists are very insensitive to Chuck Grassley, because I’m the only chairman when it says Chairman Grassley, chairman of the aging, or chairman of the Judiciary Committee,

84 years old, they never say that Alexander, chairman of the Health Committee, is 64 years old. So there’s already discrimination against me, so there is a possible discrimination out there. And we have to consider all those things.

We hope that everyone in the room treats the hearing with the seriousness that it deserves, and including the public.” hughhewitt.com/senate-judicia…