The Two Brett Kavanaughs

Politico: “Call them the two Brett Kavanaughs: One was a rowdy frat boy who once bragged about ‘100 kegs.’ The other was a studious rule-follower who spent his free time going to church, volunteering and remaining chaste. Making the contrast even stranger is the fact that both versions have been offered by Kavanaugh himself.”

“As the battle over Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination places his adolescence and young adulthood under the microscope, critics are asking which version of the man is real — and whether the conservative judge has represented himself to the public honestly. The war over the nomination has produced neck-snapping moments of cognitive dissonance.”

Washington Post: “On Monday night, Kavanaugh said in a nationally televised interview that in his younger years, he was focused on sports, academics and ‘service projects.’ But it was his comments about drinking that rankled some Yale University classmates, prompting them to speak out for the first time.”