Christine Blasey Ford's high school classmates go on record supporting her
Hundreds of former students from Christine Blasey Fords’ high school, Holton-Arms, are circulating an open letter declaring their support for her — and adding that Ford’s alleged experience of sexual assault is “all too consistent with stories we heard and lived while attending” the school themselves.
On Sunday, Ford spoke publicly to the Washington Post about a confidential letter she had written to Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA). In that letter, Ford detailed how Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh pinned her onto a bed, groped her, and tried to remove her clothes when they were teenagers in the early 1980s. She said Kavanaugh covered her mouth when she tried to scream.
“We…are grateful that [Dr. Blassey Ford] came forward to tell her story,” the letter, which has over 200 signatures as of late Monday morning, reads. “It demands a thorough and independent investigation before that Senate can reasonably vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to a lifetime seat on the nation’s highest court.”
“Dr. Blasey Ford’s experience is all too consistent with stories we heard and lived while attending Holton,” the letter adds. “Many of us are survivors ourselves.”
The open letter’s signatories graduated from Holton-Arms between 1967 and 2018.
Blasey Ford’s letter detailing her allegations against Kavanaugh has been in Sen. Feinstein’s possession since late July and, although a report in the New Yorker revealed its existence on Friday, Ford did not publicly reveal her name until a Sunday interview with the Washington Post. In the immediate aftermath of going public, Ford has been dismissed as a liar by both the White House and Donald Trump Jr., who posted a meme mocking Ford on Instagram on Monday.
https://thinkprogress.org/christine-blasey-fords-high-school-classmates-open-letter-kavanaugh-5e01740a6a8b/
