Orleans County Republican Party chair Chet Greenwood denied writing a tweet posted to his account that suggested one of the women accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault was instead recalling a “sexual fantasy.”
Greenwood said he doesn’t know how the tweet appeared on his account but confirmed that he deleted it.
“I don’t think I did that,” Greenwood said Monday. “I don’t know how that got there. And I saw that and I deleted it. I don’t know. I can’t say how it got there. I deleted it.”
Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University in Northern California, has said that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a suburban Maryland party when she was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17.
Greenwood — or some unknown person using his account — was commenting on a post from conservative news site the Daily Caller, which pointed out that Ford had not provided many details about the alleged assault.
“I think Christine was having a sexual fantasy,” Greenwood’s full tweet read.
Reached by phone Monday, Greenwood said someone called him about the tweet Sunday afternoon and he deleted it shortly afterward.
“It took me 20 minutes to figure out how to delete a tweet because I’ve never done it before,” said Greenwood, who added that he’d changed his account password after the incident.
Greenwood told Seven Days that he feels “bad for Christine Ford for holding this back for so many years.” The GOP county chair went on to accuse Senate Democrats of bringing up Ford’s allegations at a politically convenient time meant to disrupt Kavanaugh’s confirmation process.
“[T]he Democrats held this information three or four months,” Greenwood said of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. “If they were concerned, they should have released the information.”
Ford is scheduled to testify Thursday before the Judiciary Committee.
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So, Mr. Grape, I do research my facts. As for my stupid post as you claim, then Google must be stupid too. Mr. Grape as the South says “God Bless You” !!!
Mercy sakes, Chet!
As even casual fans of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit or Cold Case: Sex Crimes know, a perp may launder soiled, crime-scene sheets with a leading, stain-fighting household detergent, but the ejaculate still glows under UV light.
Scrub well, my friend. On second thought, mebbe just keep Tweeting away!
Mercy sakes, Chet!
As even casual fans of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit or Cold Justice: Sex Crimes know, one can attempt to launder the soiled, crime-scene sheets with a leading stain- fightin’ house-hold detergent, but the ejaculate still glows greenish-yellow under UV light.
Scrub well, my friend. On second thought, mebbe just keep Tweeting!
Once again . . .there is no gutter too deep that the GOP will not happily dive in to to keep their power. They are devoid of morals, ethics, empathy and suffer from a diminishing ability to reflect.
Noam Chomsky called the GOP the “most dangerous organization on the planet”. They are a bigger threat to humanity than ISIS will ever be.
You all make me laugh.. Have you even been following this at all. Ford claims she called her friend on the cell phone that night. Mmm cell phones didn’t exist in 1982. lie #1 The first cell phone came out in 1983 with a hefty price tag of $3,995. Why did Dianne Feinstein. hold the letter secret for mos? Why didn’t she investigate it? Why sit on it till the last minute? Ford claims to be a victim, why didn’t she report it. ? I was attacked when I was 16, I fought back, kicked, screamed bite and scratched and he was bigger then I was. I went right to the police.. I didn’t wait for 36+ yrs. He was arrested within 2 hrs. He had the marks on him that I gave him. There’s so many holes in her story. She’s not just hurting herself but she’s hurting every real victim who was attacked/, raped out there. When they find out Ford is lying that’s going to make it hard for other women. Remember a while back when a girl a college student name male students who assaulted women. Some of the males were expelled and come to find out all the ones she named were innocent… She ruined their lives. Think about it !!!