Poll: One in 4 believes Kavanaugh was fully honest
WASHINGTON —Just1in4 people thinks Brett Kavanaugh was completely honest when he heatedly rebuffed charges of sexual assault and heavy drinking during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, and Republicans and Democrats hold starkly divergent views of whether his sworn testimony to senators was credible, a poll released Friday showed.
The Associated PRESS-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey also found that the public was unimpressed by how major players handled the battle, which culminated Oct. 6 in a near-partyline confirmation of Kavanaugh by an exhausted Senate. President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans and Democrats and the FBI each earned approval from one-third or less of the poll’s respondents.
Thirty-nine percent said they believe Kavanaugh was mostly honest but hiding something when he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thirty-one percent said he was largely lying, and 25 percent said he was totally truthful. Kavanaugh denied California college professor Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the panel that he sexually assaulted her.
Six in 10 Republicans, including
roughly even proportions of men and women, said they think Kavanaugh was entirely truthful.
Fewer than 1 in 10 Democrats, men and women, said the same.