The sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, explained. Ford is accusing Kavanaugh of a violent crime, not “sexual misconduct”. Donald Trump Jr. continues to be trash; mocks Brett Kavanaugh’s rape accuser on Instagram. The Kavanaugh takes are getting absolutely insane. Kavanaugh’s accuser should have spoken up sooner? Give me a break. WH to attack Kavanaugh accuser’s credibility by questioning why she didn’t tell anyone at the time. There’s nothing unusual about the timing of the Kavanaugh allegations. Did the Democrats really ambush Kavanaugh? Delay the vote — for Kavanaugh, for his accuser and for the Court. Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford to testify on assault allegations in public Monday.
“Kavanaugh was a teenager”, but so was Ford: Anna North interviews Jess Davidson of End Rape on Campus. “I want a ven diagram of people willing to argue ‘Give Kavanaugh a break, he was only 17’ and ‘Trayvon Martin got what he deserved’”. Conservatives suddenly realize juvenile offenders deserve leniency. “If the conservative movement now believes that what you do as a teenager doesn’t matter I’ve love to talk to them about life sentences, mandatory minimums, and felon disenfranchisement”. Kavanaugh argued no questions should be off the table when he investigated Bill Clinton. Josh Marshall on looking back at the Thomas era.
Conservative Erick Erickson reveals what’s really going on with denying Kavanuagh accusations: It’s all about abortion. Are Republicans really going to nominate an accused rapist to overturn Roe? “Republicans refused to even hold hearing for Merrick Garland b/c nominated 237 days before election. Now rushing to confirm nominee 50 days before election who’s accused of sexual assault, lied under oath 5x, turned over 4% of records & nominated by POTUS under investigation”. “& yet she thought @alfranken should go”.
“Deny” and “push back”: Trump’s playbook for men accused of sexual misconduct. It’s perfectly obvious why Donald Trump would be eager to defend the principle that men must not have their careers derailed by accusations of sexual assault — it’s less clear that 50 Republican senators will be eager to join him. Republicans can’t hold Kavanaugh or anyone else accountable — because Trump is president.
