Trump says GOP would not have won over Kavanaugh without a Ford mocking speech

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The president commented on the "60 minutes" of CBS, after correspondent Lesley Stahl spoke of a speech made by Trump at a rally in Mississippi earlier in October.

"If I did not say that, we would not have won," said Trump after Kavanaugh's confirmation.

During a speech in Mississippi, President Trump recounted the treatment of Christine Blasey Ford, accusing Judge Kavanaugh: "If I had not delivered this speech, we would not have won. " pic.twitter.com/We2r9Zi9Iz

– 60 minutes (@ 60 minutes) October 15, 2018

Trump drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans when, in his speech, he imitated Ford in a ridiculous way by answering senators' questions regarding his allegations of sexual assault.

"36 years ago, that's what happened," said Trump at the rally, referring to the party in 1982, according to Ford's claims, that Kavanaugh had plated it against a bed and felt it.

He then launched into a mocking imitation of her, causing bursts of laughter and applause from the crowd.

"How did you come home?" Says Trump. "I do not remember." "How did you get there?" I do not remember. "Where is this place?" "I do not remember." It was how many years ago "I do not know." "

Pressed by Stahl during the interview broadcast Sunday, Trump denied that he was making fun of her.

"What I said, the person we are talking about did not know the year, the time, or the place," he said, adding that he thought he treated Ford with "respect".

Earlier in October, Trump told Fox News that he had commented "even the playground" during Kavanaugh's disputed confirmation process.

The Senate voted 50-48 last week to confirm Kavanaugh, one of the thinnest margins for a Supreme Court confirmation vote in the country's history. The charges brought by Ford and other women have almost reversed his candidacy and fueled mass demonstrations in Capitol Hill and other parts of the country.

Trump, who declined on "60 Minutes" to say he thought Ford had lied, repeatedly criticized the unfair treatment that Kavanaugh would have suffered during the process.

Kavanaugh denied Ford's allegations, as well as those against him by two other women.