Fox News host Chris Wallace on Christine Ford testimony: 'This is a disaster for the Republicans'

Twitter

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Thursday said Christine Blasey Ford's testimony on Brett Kavanaugh is a "disaster for Republicans."

• Fox News host Chris Wallace said Christine Blasey Ford's emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amounted to a "disaster for the Republicans."
• "This was extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible... This is a disaster for the Republicans," Wallace said.
• Ford alleges Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party when they were teenagers, attempting to force himself on her and undress her.
• Follow live coverage of Ford's testimony here.

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Thursday said Christine Blasey Ford's emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amounted to a "disaster for Republicans."

"This was extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible. ... This is a disaster for the Republicans," Wallace said.

"She obviously was traumatized by an event," Wallace added.

His colleague, Bret Baier, said it was "a totally different thing" to hear Ford's testimony compared with reading about her allegations. 

Ford alleges Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party when they were teenagers, attempting to force himself on her with the help of a friend, Mark Judge. She claims Kavanaugh covered her mouth when she attempted to scream, and said at times that she worried he'd accidentally kill her. 

During her opening remarks on Thursday, Ford said she was "terrified" to be there but felt it was her "civic duty."

Ford's testimony elicited tears from some members of the audience. 

Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the allegations and was also set to testify on Thursday. 

Read Business Insider's full coverage of the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing:

• Watch live updates of the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing here
• 'I am terrified': Ford details her sexual-assault allegation in gut-wrenching opening statement
• 'I will not be intimidated into withdrawing': Kavanaugh defiant in prepared remarks for Senate hearing
• Ford says the strongest memory she has of Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault was 'the uproarious laughter'
• Ford says she decided to come forward after reporters were sitting outside of her house and showing up in her classroom where she taught
• Here is the polygraph test Ford took following her sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh
• Meet Mark Judge, Kavanaugh's high-school friend and the other man who's becoming central to the allegations
• Here are all the allegations against Kavanaugh
• How the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing compares to the 1991 Anita Hill hearing
• Meet Rachel Mitchell, the woman questioning Ford about her Kavanaugh allegations
• Meet Brett Kavanaugh, 'the Forrest Gump of Republican politics'