Depressing.

A senior Dem strategist tells me Trump’s attacks on Blasey Ford *helped* Republicans in red state Senate races.

Red state women came to see Kavanaugh as “railroaded.” Trump successfully made this fight about protecting *Trump.*

My new piece: https://t.co/pSN6Vaflg4

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 8, 2018

The Trumpian Cult is real, complete with brand new backfire effect on top of the usual GOP cognitive dissonance and backfire effect.

Whee…..