Sen. Dick Durbin Cites #MeToo in Demanding Kavanaugh Vote Delay
Source: The Daily Beast
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is calling on his Republican colleagues to delay next week's Judiciary Committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of an anonymous allegation that the Supreme Court nominee tried to sexually assault a teenage girl at a party while he was in high school. In a series of tweets Saturday night, the Illinois Democrat said there are far too many questions swirling around Kavanaugh. If the #MeToo movement has taught us anything, it is that we must respect and listen to survivors of sexual assault, regardless of the age of those involved or when the alleged attack took place, Durbin wrote. According to the New York Times, Kavanaughs accuser detailed her story in a letter to her congresswoman, who passed it on to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who then alerted the FBI but did not publicly reveal the contents. Kavanaugh has categorically and unequivocally denied the accusation.
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Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)One allegation from when he was a minor, by someone who won't identify herself or even clarify what happened. That's pretty weak.
If more recent events, sexual harassment in the work place by Clarence Thomas wasn't enough....
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)who was with BK is in this article (see post #3) if you haven't seen it, and also a in longer one in Politico, similar info.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211139208
Merlot
(9,696 posts)And I don't want to see anyone, even dreck like kav, punished for anonymous accusations. I didn't like it when it happened to Franken either.
Is the FBI opening an investigation? If that were the case then yes, vote should be postponed.
john657
(1,058 posts)they passed the letter on to the WH for inclusion into Kavanaugh's background file.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)I don't see how this has legs.
I wish the democrats were being more outspoken against kav and this whole process. They need to be on it every day - as we know the repubs would be if this were happening to them.
john657
(1,058 posts)it would be the State Police doing the investigation, and the statute of limitations has already expired.
I too, would like to see the person come forward and accuse him to his face, that would be powerful, but it seems that she has no desire or intention to put herself in that position.
Stuart G
(38,428 posts)to get him confirmed as soon as possible.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)That has taken any money from russians and putin , funneled to them or their campaigns, will be again in deep troubles for not registering as a foreign lobbyist and representative for a foreign power, all felonies. If kavanugh is also tied to russians and putin , and trump it'll get even worse for them all. The KGOP are setting themselves up for more charges now. I can't see enough of them willing to put kavanugh in that position knowing how corrupt , and how much of liar he really is, and a protector of trump and putin , and them. Add to that them all doing it together is a conspiracy against the USA.