Marc Lotter, an adviser to President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, on Monday accused women of "shrieking" during their opposition to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Lotter, a former spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence, told NPR that Kavanaugh's confirmation would drive Republican voters to the polls.
But NPR host David Greene noted that support for Kavanaugh among Republican women had dropped sharply after Trump mocked sexual assault accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during a rally in Mississippi. Lotter, however, disputed the notion that the president was "mocking" Ford.
"Well, I would disagree that the president mocked his accusers," Lotter said, before insisting that Ford had "gaps" in her testimony against Kavanaugh.
"When you look at the way that the radical left has in the last few days specifically, I think longterm, it's going to actually bring many moderate, middle-of the road, educated women back to the Republican Party," he opined. "When they see people banging on the doors of the Supreme Court, trying to claw their way in, the shrieking of protesters coming in the Senate confirmation and the halls of the Senate, people standing inches away from police officers, screaming expletives in their face, that is not something that is going to attract many people."
The NPR host interrupted to take exception to the word "shrieking."
"I just want to stop you there," Greene said. "You saw the women who were confronting senators in the halls of the Capitol as 'shrieking'? That's not [a term] they would like."
"Well, in the chambers, while the vote was going on, you have people shrieking," Lotter repeated. "These kinds of radical activists activities and protests are not something that I think is going to engender the Democrat [sic] Party toward many middle-of-the-road moderate folks."
"What is radical about opposing sexual assault?" the NPR host pressed.
"It's not a question about opposing sexual assault," Lotter shot back. "Everyone opposes sexual assault. It's how do we conduct our business?"
Listen to the interview below.
