As if the Brett Kavanaugh nomination couldn’t get any more bizarre, a prominent guest on Fox News has linked Christine Blasey Ford to PGA golfers without explaining what the heck he was talking about. You can watch videos of some of his comments later in this article.
“This is a joke. She (Blasey Ford) is absolutely unreliable as a witness. And tonight all over the country, PGA golf tour members are talking about her,” former prosecutor and Clinton critic Joseph diGenova said on Laura Ingraham’s show on September 20, 2018. He didn’t explain further, but it wasn’t the only PGA/Christine Ford comment he made on the program.
“I can only tell you this. There is more news coming out every day about Dr. Ford,” diGenova claimed on the show. “The Washington Post is doing a biography on her right now. And in the course of doing so, they contacted, at her request, members of the PGA tour. One of whom told the Post, ‘I don’t think you really want to talk to me.'” The comment was not further explained. Profiles on Christine Ford have tended to describe her as an avid surfer but haven’t mentioned golf. However, her father, Ralph Blasey, “was president of the all-male Burning Tree Golf Club in Bethesda,” Politico reported.
A New York Times profile on Blasey Ford reports that, growing up, she “was part of an elite, suburban Washington community, where the families of members of Congress, white-shoe lawyers and lobbyists golfed, played tennis and swam together at a hierarchy of country clubs.”
At the end of the show, diGenova said, “I’m for calling in outside witnesses. I want all the PGA golfers who have anything to say about her brought in to testify.” Ingraham then said, “OK, to go to her character?” He replied, “bring in the PGA golfers to testify about her. … She has put her character at issue. Bring in those golfers! Bring in those golfers!” Ingraham laughed and said, “we’re going to learn more about that, everyone’s wondering, googling LPGA, is it LPGA or PGA?” DiGenova replied, “It’s PGA. It’s the men. Bring in the golfers!”
Virtuous Ms. Ford and golfers?
