Ralph Norman’s satire wasn’t funny at all….
South Carolina Republican congressman Ralph Norman made light Thursday of the ongoing drama surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, opening an election debate by joking that another judge has emerged with her own accusations of sexual assault.
“Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings?” said Norman, R-Rock Hill, at a Kiwanis Club debate. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out that she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.”
The off-color remark comes as Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court, remains embroiled in scandal after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her when he was 17…..
image…A screenshot from a debate between U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-Rock Hill, and Sumter Democrat Archie Parnell…Jamie Lovegrove jlovegrove@postandcourier.com