Sexual assault allegations should be taken seriously. They should be questioned, probed, and locked down – we should hear the truth. That’s what normal people say when faced with 36-year-old allegations of sexual assault by a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl.
Unless you’re a partisan hack. In that case, you suggest that such accusations should never be questioned or probed – to do so might undermine the accuser’s “personal truth.” You state that serious questions must be pushed to the side in the service of “compassion.” You explain that a man’s life should be destroyed based on unverified accusations because to do anything less means harming the accuser.
You do all of this in the run-up to an election in order to ensure that a Supreme Court justice isn’t confirmed, and in the hopes that the continuation of an open seat will drive Democratic turnout – and that such turnout will result in a Democratic Senate majority capable of rejecting any nominee from President Trump.
CNN’s Cillizza Gives Away The Game On The Sexual Allegations Against Kavanaugh. It’s Ugly.
Unless you’re a partisan hack. In that case, you suggest that such accusations should never be questioned or probed – to do so might undermine the accuser’s “personal truth.” You state that serious questions must be pushed to the side in the service of “compassion.” You explain that a man’s life should be destroyed based on unverified accusations because to do anything less means harming the accuser.
You do all of this in the run-up to an election in order to ensure that a Supreme Court justice isn’t confirmed, and in the hopes that the continuation of an open seat will drive Democratic turnout – and that such turnout will result in a Democratic Senate majority capable of rejecting any nominee from President Trump.
CNN’s Cillizza Gives Away The Game On The Sexual Allegations Against Kavanaugh. It’s Ugly.