In this June 20, 2017, photo, Republican Ralph Norman speaks to supporters at a campaign party in Rock Hill, South Carolina., after winning South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
WASHINGTON — A South Carolina congressman made a joke about Abraham Lincoln groping Ruth Bader Ginsburg, mocking the controversy over a woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her 36 years ago.
“I thought I was going to be late. Did you all hear the latest late-breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings?” Rep. Ralph Norman, a Republican, said at an event Thursday in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the Herald newspaper reported. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out that she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.”
Ginsburg, 85, is the oldest justice on the court. A reliable liberal vote, she has said she plans to serve through the term of US President Donald Trump.
Kavanaugh’s confirmation votes have been delayed by an accusation by Christine Blasey Ford that Kavanaugh assaulted her when both were teenagers. Ford is in hiding because of death threats. She and Kavanaugh have been invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week about her accusation.
Norman, whose 5th District borders North Carolina, won a surprisingly tight race against Democrat Archie Parnell in a special election a year ago. He faces Parnell again in November.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks to congregants of the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington, DC, February 1, 2018. (Ron Sachs/CNP via JTA)
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