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8 years after Kavanaugh, Democrats have stopped believing all women

“Clearly there is a fix.” Remarks by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). It came with her vote against confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Warren was furious that her fellow senators refused to believe a woman who made a decades-old, unsubstantiated allegation against Kavanaugh.

It appears that Kavanaugh’s former accusers are suggesting that he was treated unfairly. At least they’re now ready to replace “Me too” with Maine.

Warren’s remarks were part of Democratic members’ mantra that you either believe women are sexually harassed and assaulted or you enable abusers.

Almost exactly eight years ago, in July 2018, President Trump nominated Kavanaugh to replace retired Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh, at first a very uncontroversial candidate, suddenly became the target of a well-financed, well-planned campaign that continued to resonate in the campaign this fall. At the time, your refusal to accept Christine Blasey Ford’s words that Kavanaugh assaulted her in high school was evidence that you and the system were sexist.

Leftist long after Senate confirms Kavanaugh continued Claiming that his presence on the Supreme Court “rests on a mountain of misogyny.” Actress Kathleen Turner reminded people in Miss Magazine that disbelieving women fuels misogyny: “Survivors break the code of silence demanded by a sexist society, and society expects them to pay a price.”

If you recall, the lack of evidence led the Senate Judiciary Committee to scan Kavanaugh’s personal calendars. Denials that such a thing ever happened childhood friendsIt was considered further evidence of sexism.

There was Senator Shelton Whitehouse (D.R.I.), who grilled Kavanaugh about his use. the term “fluff” (he was apparently talking about farting) with a high school friend like it was a rape confession. His questioning barrage was a holdover from the McCarthy era.

Whitehouse expressed disgust that some did not take Ford at his word, saying: “I stand with the women brave enough to come forward with their stories of abuse and mistreatment today. They deserve to be heard, and credible allegations should be investigated. We must believe survivors, not bully them.”

Whitehouse is currently a major donor and supporter of Graham Platner, the leading Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maine. He rejects the women’s accounts of Platner’s physically and mentally abusive behavior in the New York Times. Instead of believing these women, he reportedly attacked Lyndsey Fifield, who “bravely” went public with her story at the request of Times reporters.

white house Quoted He said he was “unimpressed” by the allegations and that multiple women coming forward “doesn’t seem like anything”. He suggested that if a woman is conservative, he is not ready to believe her. “I mean, the only person who said anything that seemed ‘disturbing’ was a woman who worked for right-wing political operations,” she said.

This attack was also noticed by others, such as author Krystal Ball. He also condemned those who did not believe Ford in the Kavanaugh controversy. In the past, at the time, she claimed: “Women didn’t come forward. They knew they wouldn’t be believed.”

He can no longer imagine why anyone, especially Fifield, would believe these women. “NYT publishes unsubstantiated accusations against [Platner] “For ‘disturbing’ and ‘toxic’ behavior from a Heritage employee who previously worked for a conservative organization that supported Collins,” he posted online.

After Fifield shared stories with the Times about Platner’s alleged abusive behavior, she went public to complain that the paper had not included the verification she had provided. He noted that the newspaper did not state that it was only supporting Democrats for office. but I also asked“Why does it say ‘nobody could verify’ when I present them with sources I can verify?”

He added: “The Times also did not include any statement that I had admitted to harassing multiple friends over the years, long before Graham ran for office. These friends confirmed they had told the Times this.”

If true, this is a very different approach than the media has taken in covering the Kavanaugh allegations.

Now all the familiar faces are attacking or denying these claims. That includes Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who campaigned on Platner’s behalf this week. Khanna had previously hit his chest publicly over Kavanaugh’s allegations: “I believe in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.”

Some of the usual suspects are now quiet, and for good reason. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and old Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) denied Kavanaugh’s claims of innocence but later resigned from their respective positions following accusations of misconduct and harassment.

Of course, sexual misconduct and mistreatment of women isn’t the only controversy surrounding Platner, who reportedly mocked a wounded veteran, dismissed rape victims and made other comments about Black people and rural Mainers on his since-deleted Reddit account that would be considered disqualifying for most candidates. He made many other posts that were extremely offensive and some of them were frankly disgusting.

However, figures like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DY) did not address the allegations, only awkwardly repeating: “We… will take back the Senate.”

“For too long, when women made serious allegations of harassment, they were ignored. That can’t happen in this case,” Schumer said on the Senate floor in 2018.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DY) declared her disbelief in any woman making such allegations in 2018. Now he repeats, like Schumer: “I’m very optimistic that we’re going to win Maine.”

There is a scene in “A Man for All Seasons” in which Sir Thomas More confronts Richard Rich, the former protégé who lied in court to convict him in exchange for being elected attorney general of Wales. As Rich passes by, More asks: “For Wales? Why, Richard, it would profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… except Wales!”

The reaction from Democratic leaders today seems to be: “Yes, we’ll do it for Maine, not for Wales.”

Jonathan Turley is a law professor and New York Times bestselling author of:Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.“

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