Orrin Hatch: Even if Kavanaugh committed rape 'it would be hard for senators not to consider who
Source: raw story
17 Sep 2018 at 14:56 ET
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Monday said that he believed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh did not attempt to rape Christine Ford when the two of them were teenagers but he also tried to downplay what it would mean if the accusations were true.
According to NBC News Leigh Ann Caldwell, Hatch on Monday said that he had spoken with Kavanaugh and had found him to honest and straightforward in his denials about Fords accusations. Hatch also said of Ford that theres some question whether shes mixed up in her account of the alleged incident.
Bloomberg News Laura Litvan reports that Hatch was then asked how he would feel about Kavanaughs nomination if it turned out that the allegations were true, and Hatch replied that if that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today.
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Orrin hatch is a sick dick!!
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Link to tweet
I hate Raw Story because their headlines are inaccurate and overdone. Kavanaugh has not been accused of rape, but of attempted rape. There is a difference. Raw Story's headline says Hatch would excuse Kavanaugh even if he'd raped Ford, but that's not what Hatch said and that's not what Kavanaugh was accused of. I am not in any way trying to excuse either of them, but I hate it when "our side" slants news stories. Leave that to the right-wingers.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts), Even if the story was true, Senators should consider his recent life!
Just like he did with Anita Hill!
Meadowoak
(5,558 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)Thurmondville v2.0!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)for TERM LIMITS. Neither one is particularly "with it" these days.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)To make way for Romney.
Grassley and Hatch were in the group that picked Clarence Thomas.
5 women were waiting to back Hill. They refused to let them testify. Ted Kennedy was there,too. I remember how embarrassed he looked passing judgement with his History. They were all sickening.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)It's their catch-all response when one of their own gets caught.
janterry
(4,429 posts)If he's lying (and I believe he is)
that's the problem. We can't have a SCOTUS who lies.
Something happened back then that caused harm. That's serious.
But for the simple purposes of a judge, testifying to become a SCOTUS - it's as ez as lying under oath.
That disqualifies him from the job.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)against a woman, he would be an attempted rapist, and has so far gone unpunished for it. What the hell is the matter with these people. The republican amoral filth that is running our country today leaves one with a real feeling of despair for the future.
Jedi Guy
(3,249 posts)The alleged rape attempt happened 30+ years ago, so there's no evidence apart from Ford's word. She says he did it, he says he didn't, and thus far there's no way to back up her statement.
If this were to go to trial, he'd certainly be acquitted. Unless more evidence of some kind is forthcoming, I'm not so sure this will derail his nomination. It's all too easy for the other side to wave this off as a hit piece.
If more women come forward with accounts of attempted rape or other sexual misconduct, that'd show a pattern of behavior across a span of years. I could see that sinking his nomination, particularly if there's some sort of objective evidence.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)...who would likely lie for Kav.
Jedi Guy
(3,249 posts)If the only evidence against him is her word versus his, and a witness confirms his version of events, it's pretty much a done deal that nothing will come of it.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Who was blackout drunk all the time.
msongs
(67,441 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)They exist only for the purpose of clickbait and concoct silly, tendentious headlines to draw in the clicks. I sure wish people would link to the original source in the first place instead of dragging us through Raw Story.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Fuck you hatchy...Who he is today is a little
donnybot with the idea presidents need no
guidelines..no restrictions...And women
need laws restricting birth control...
jcgoldie
(11,645 posts)...is an attempted rapist.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)You removed your glasses when they werent even on your face.
Retire, old man. You are done.
meadowlander
(4,402 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)He is unfit for the bench of the highest court in this (or any) country
Maybe he can find a job pumping hogs hit at a CAFO
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)He nominated Scumbag Mitt, to replace him.
Birds of a feather
Marthe48
(17,018 posts)and predators. ALWAYS
Luciferous
(6,085 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)he's republican!
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)ROB-ROX
(767 posts)I know they lie which is nothing new..........He says BIG lies like those other conservative judges. Next year the bastard judges should ALL be impeached to CLEAN the court.........
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Minorities WILL not vote or get jobs and if they have to support a rapist to get there, so be it.
Working rights WILL be destroyed and if they have to support a rapist to get there, so be it.
Environmental protections WILL be destroyed and if they have to support a rapist to get there, so be it.
Voting rights WILL be destroyed and if they have to support a rapist to get there, so be it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)You are now nothing more than just another slime fucking pigfuck completely barred from history not worth the paper to write your name on asshole traitor.
GET OUT of my country, TRAITOR
flying_wahini
(6,646 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)So it's like sympathizing with a murderer. Yeah, he may have murdered thousands of people but he is so nice to his grandchildren.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)How do you like that? Hatch is emerging as our hateful, unchanging, not-so-secret weapon against Cavanaugh. Revenge for Anita Hill.
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)and a misogynist. One example is his recent statements on the young woman in federal (I think ICE) custody who wanted an abortion. Kavanaugh didn't just say no: he wanted to keep restarting the clock on her application so the process would drag on past the time allowed for a legal abortion. Pure sadism, IMHO.