--- title: Kimmel Does Not Believe Trump Mocked Christine Blasey Ford description: Jimmy Kimmel said the president had "no moral compass" after Trump ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford at a rally. canonical: https://time.com/5415301/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ford/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-04T14:25:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:01:38.632Z og:title: Kimmel Can't Believe Trump Mocked Christine Blasey Ford og:description: Jimmy Kimmel said the president had "no moral compass" og:url: https://time.com/5415301/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ford/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf70927c56c5f5048/69893bd4ab6d77500c6b3d97/trumpchristineblaseyford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds MAGA Rally In Johnson City, Tennesee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kimmel Can't Believe Trump Mocked Christine Blasey Ford twitter:description: Jimmy Kimmel said the president had "no moral compass" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf70927c56c5f5048/69893bd4ab6d77500c6b3d97/trumpchristineblaseyford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'No Moral Compass.' 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=f523654c-590d-4826-a344-7c00a41bdd55&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford At Mississippi Rally [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford At Mississippi Rally](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Q3hyHILP.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2018-10-03. Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford At Mississippi Rally_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 4, 2018 2:25 PM UTC Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford At Mississippi Rally by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 4, 2018 2:25 PM UTC Days after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford gave an emotional testimony detailing how Supreme Court nominee Brett [Kavanaugh](http://time.com/5412701/democrats-brett-kavanaugh-temperament/) allegedly [sexually assaulted her](http://time.com/5409351/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-gender-dynamics/), President Donald Trump [mocked her at a rally](http://time.com/5413480/donald-trump-mocks-christine-blasey-ford/) and Jimmy Kimmel was appalled. “You know, I’d say I’m starting to think a bipolar sociopath with no moral compass might not have been our best choice for president,” said Kimmel on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ on Wednesday night. He also turned his attention to the crowd’s behavior: “The people in the crowd, when he did this, they loved it. He mocked this woman’s story about a sexual assault, they ate it up, they laughed, they cheered. I really don’t understand it.” The comments were perhaps even more surprising in the context, which Kimmel noted was a “rally to support Mississippi’s first-ever female senator.” While the White House stated that Trump wasn’t mocking [Ford](http://time.com/5414486/christine-blasey-ford-time-cover/)’s assault, but rather “[stating the facts](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/politics/white-house-trump-ford-defense/index.html)”, key [swing Senate Republicans](http://time.com/5413785/donald-trump-christine-blasey-ford-mocking-susan-collins/) and some of Trump’s usual supporters distanced themselves from his comments. “He even got a bad review from his closest friends,” Kimmel noted. “When Fox & Friends thinks Trump blew it, it got blown.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5415301/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ford/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5415301/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ford/"},"headline":"'No Moral Compass.' 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