Three wavering Republican senators lambasted U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking a woman who has claimed Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s, underscoring the risks of assailing the Supreme Court nominee's three accusers as Senate support teeters. Separately, Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, told reporters "the president's comments were just plain wrong" and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said they were "wholly inappropriate and in my view unacceptable." Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski, left, Jeff Flake, centre and Susan Collins separately criticized Donald Trump for mocking a woman who has claimed Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. But it raises questions about how such words will affect five senators — all moderates — whose votes on Kavanaugh will be decisive. Besides Trump, Senate Republicans also began to aim credibility questions at Ford.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2018 16:18 UTC