Dear Senator:
You, sir, are a Senator, a former JAG officer, a lawyer, a retired officer in the
air Force Reserve, and up until recently, very respected by many Democrats.
Your statement concerning the Kavanaugh accusations was so far from what your dear friend John McCain would have done, I can see you have burned that bridge already, too! To accuse a citizen of the United States, (who can provide a lie detector test & other contemporaneous evidence), of lying before you have even spoken to her is unprofessional, UNETHICAL, & highly problematic to have said to the press/public.
Dr. Cristina Blassey Ford is NOT a defendant. She is a Witness for the United States. She represents the concerns of 50% of Americans (women) who have been ignored, vilified, controlled, and minimized by the GOP for decades.
This is not a trial, it's a hearing, about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and whether or not he is the best candidate for a lifetime position on the Supreme Court of the United States, where their decision is FINAL!! In fact, it is a hearing to determine whether he is even honest enough to be a judge, now.
Witnesses should NOT be treated like criminals. This is about the Senate NOT a court. To even think you should bring in an "independent" (GOP minded - hence an oxymoron) is ludicrous. As a citizen of the United States I am sick and tired of Mitch McConnell and the GOP changing the rules constantly, for political reasons.
If the GOP Judiciary committee really took their job seriously, they would have gathered ALL the paperwork concerning Judge Kavanaugh like was done for Justice Sotomayor & Justice Ginsburg (Or was that only because they were women??) and so many before them. It is the Judiciary committee Republicans and Judge Kavanaugh that have held up this confirmation, not the Democrats, not Dr. Ford, not the voters. By failing to do your job, you (the GOP) have done so. You have arbitrarily chosen a deadline for filling the seat for political reasons. How quickly you forget withholding even meeting with Judge Garland for nearly a year for political reasons (& against the citizen's wishes).
Withholding more than 90% of Kavanaugh's decisions, papers, & emails leaves the impression that you are hiding something. What else are we supposed to think? If Judge Kavanaugh has nothing to hide, why hasn't he insisted that his papers be released? Why is he so evasive? And why has the Judiciary chair refused to bring evidence to disprove the reports that he lied under oath in his confirmation hearing in prior years.
IF the GOP Senators really wanted to be 'fair', they would allow the witness to bring HER evidence & witnesses to prove her accusations, since nearly EVERY Republican member of the Judiciary Committee has publicly stated they don't believe her, you have ALL placed an extra burden of proof on the witness, while completely believing the man accused. YOU DON'T GET IT!!! This is exactly why women have been marching, writing, voting & running for office!! It is time that men like you recognize how you have treated women for centuries. It is time you acknowledged that women are just as capable as men in making their own decisions. When will you acknowledge that RAPE & RACISM have become cultures that thrive within your own party???
If the GOP honestly believed in the 'innocence' of Judge Kavanaugh, they would have followed standard procedure - they would have asked the FBI to investigate this just like they did for the Clarence Thomas hearing. They would call in all potential witnesses. So far, all we've seen is a bunch of names of people "claiming" to have known him & saying they like him & believe him to be honest. You know what? Neighbors of the BTK killer would have said the same thing about the deacon who lived next door. I'll bet the neighbors of Ted Bundy said the same thing. The 'Golden State Killer' was a cop!! Recently, a Border Patrol agent was arrested for being a serial killer. Do you expect us to believe that people can't hide their past (or even their "extracurricular" affairs)? How many politicians have recently been arrested or quit due to extra-marital affairs, sex abuse, incest, human trafficking, embezzling, etc???? TOO MANY - I'll bet all their neighbors thought they were "nice guys" too!!
I was appalled when I heard what you had to say. You & your colleagues have already tried and convicted Dr. Ford, who is NOT on trial!!! HOW DARE YOU!! IF this was a trial, Dr. Ford's lawyer would get a "change of venue" due to the amount of negative publicity the GOP has made sure to push on every channel, at every chance.
I am outraged daily that you & your fellow GOP Congressmen continue to sit by while the President of the United States intimidates witnesses, calls the media the "enemy of the people", and LIES on Twitter and at his ego-fest "rallies" and NOT ONCE has the House OR Senate considered censoring or even making a statement that the President needs to act like a leader, not a child. I realize you keep quiet because he perpetuates the lies you want the American People to believe, but you know what? American Citizens are not STUPID. We can see through your lies and your party is dying. You are bleeding Republican voters & yet, the desire for power is so strong among you that you can't bring yourselves to serve your constituents, because they aren't the ones who fund your party. You are all pathetic.
It it time for America to stand up & take our country back from Billionaires, Big Corporations & their enabling Congressmen who have ignored the Citizens of this country for too long. Six months ago, I would have recommended that you, Mr. Graham, might have been one of those who should stay & teach the new Congress the ropes. However, your recent sycophantic, robotic, unhinged behavior indicates that you, too, need to go.
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