➲ Every time Ford and Kavanaugh answered the question — and didn’t answer the question
28 September 2018
Alvin Chang:
We went through the transcript of the hearing and noted every single time a question was asked of Ford and Kavanaugh. (We didn’t include the times a questioner didn’t ask an explicit question.) Then we noted every instance in which answered the question or said they didn’t know the answer — and we also noted every time they either refused to answer or gave an answer that didn’t address the question. Here are the results:
People are going to believe what they want to believe which is what makes the stark difference in a simple chart like this so impactful.