President Donald Trump reached a new low when he mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a sexual assault survivor, during a campaign rally in Mississippi.
On Wednesday, CNN's Chris Cuomo interviewed Dr. Ford's sister-in-law, Sandra Mendler, who said processing the trauma in public has been hard on the family.
"It was really terrible and I think it's painful to have these difficult experiences shared and processed publicly," she said.
"It's really terrible to be challenged and have the key points misrepresented. I think for everybody who listened — there was a lot of discussion about how memory works in somebody who has experienced trauma," she said.
Mendler added, "There is a very strong consensus of how people retain memories after a traumatic event, and the president wasn't reflecting on that. He was choosing to not take in that information. It's really a shame and a lost opportunity. I think it's disappointing."
Watch her full remarks in the video below via CNN.
