In The New York Times Opinion Section, the editorial board writes: "Where Christine Blasey Ford was calm and dignified, Brett Kavanaugh was volatile and belligerent; where she was eager to respond fully to every questioner, and kept worrying whether she was being “helpful” enough, he was openly contemptuous of several senators;

most important, where she was credible and unshakable at every point in her testimony, he was at some points evasive, and some of his answers strained credulity."