Women react to Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning to testify against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, reliving her traumatic sexual assault before millions of Americans.
I will never in my life do anything this courageous and you probably won’t either
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) September 27, 2018
Dr. Ford’s need for coffee is so damn relatable. After telling the world about your assault, you’re just trying to survive again. #BelieveSurvivors
— Andrea L. Pino #BelieveSurvivors (@andreactually) September 27, 2018
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been Republicans’ number one enemy in the debate surrounding the allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh throughout his Supreme Court nomination. In his testimony Thursday, he showed that he shares the disdain many in his party have for the California Democrat.
When she questioned him about why he hasn’t asked for an FBI investigation into the allegations against him, as Ford has, Kavanaugh seemed disgusted with the senator, furrowing his brow and while leaning back in his chair.
He didn’t answer the question directly, saying he would do whatever the committee wanted to do and that he wanted to testify immediately after Ford’s allegations became public.
GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote
Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him.
Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John Kasich of Ohio, Larry Hogan of Maryland and Phil Scott of Vermont are part of a small faction of Republicans who urged caution over three public allegations that have come to light since Kavanaugh’s July 9 nomination, even as the majority of their colleagues in the Senate have argued for pushing through the process.
“The accusations brought against Judge Kavanaugh are sickening and deserve an independent investigation,” Baker said in a tweet as the hearing began. “There should be no vote in the Senate.”
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