Sen. Kamala Harris says she believes Brett Kavanaugh accuser, says she has "nothing to gain"

[DonViejo]

Source: CBS News



By EMILY TILLETT CBS NEWS September 18, 2018, 7:48 AM

Sen. Kamala Harris, a top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee currently in the throes of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process, says she believes the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when the two were high school students in the 1980's. Harris told "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday that Christine Blasey Ford, the woman behind the allegations, has "nothing to gain" by stepping forward.

"I think it's going to be about, it comes down to credibility...and it's going to about listening to what each party has to say, but I believe her," said Harris.

Both Kavanaugh and Ford have since agreed to testify before Harris' committee on Monday in a public hearing, delaying this week's scheduled vote on Kavanugh's confirmation originally set for Thursday. Republicans on the committee agreed to hold the high-stakes hearing after some of its own members, mostly Democrats, decried the process moving forward without first giving Ford a public forum to share her story.

"Anybody who comes forward at this point to be prepared to testify in the United States Senate against someone who's being nominated to one of the most powerful positions in the United States government, that takes an extraordinary amount of courage," said Harris.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-kamala-harris-says-she-believes-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-says-she-has-nothing-to-gain/

[BeyondGeography]

1. The easy response is the accuser is a Democrat and could have a political motive

Better to say you’re keeping an open mind at this point. That said, the Harris/Kavanaugh confrontation on Monday should be fun.

[7962]

5. I'm sure we'll hear everything the GOP can think of whenever the hearings start.

Just being a Democrat is probably the least of what they'll bring up

[honest.abe]

11. No personal motive. She will not gain anything personally from this... in fact quite the opposite.

A political motive, simply to help Democrats, seems hard to believe given what she is risking personally.

I think her motive is simply to do the right thing and stop a sexual predator from becoming a member of the Supreme Court.

[Igel]

16. Sure she would.

Not if we put everything in $, of course. But if she was sexually assaulted and makes her victimizer pay, that's nothing? A sense of justice balanced, of restoration of dignity?

People will go out of their way to hurt somebody who hurt them, at sometimes large personal costs.

And it doesn't matter if their victimizer was actually their victimizer, as long as they *believe* that the person they're gunning for is the one who hurt them.

[honest.abe]

17. So you are talking revenge. I dont think so.

I still think she is doing this because it simply appalls her that this creep is about to confirmed to the SCOTUS,

[djacq]

2. Kavanaugh not withdrawing is a stupid move.

Lessons learned from Anita Hill.
Admitted sex offender as POTUS.
The “me too” movement.

History repeats itself.

[Amimnoch]

3. Should be a stupid move. Not so sure it really is though.

The victim will be blamed, and attacked. Kavanaugh will go on to be confirmed.

Would very much appreciate being proven wrong, but given the loads of history on this.. I doubt that I am.

How many women came out against Trump leading up to 2016? My faith in our fellow citizens and government is at an all time low. He's going to be a SCOTUS judge, people are going to suffer, and they are going to gloat about it when it's done.

[INdemo]

8. dont think so. Kavanaugh will withdraw from his nomination

saying he doesn't want to put his family through anymore and therefore trying to make the Democrats look like villains.

[Amimnoch]

15. I do love your optimism, and most definitely hope you're right. Nt.

[Maxheader]

4. "Kavanaugh and Ford have since agreed to testify"

Who shouldn't a savvy attorney rip up and throw
away bretts testimony? Kavanaugh just doesn't
bring a lot of smarts to the table imho..

[LakeSuperiorView]

6. I have to disagree with Sen. Harris.

Dr. Ford is a woman, and not having Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court is a definite gain for women. If he is seated, it's almost a guaranteed loss for women, and everyone not in the 1%.

[erlewyne]

7. C'mon, who believes Brett Kavanugh's accuser? Multiple choice ...

Trump
McConnell
Graham
Kavanugh
You
Me
Everybody that reads this

All of the above

[KWR65]

9. I watched the Thomas Confirmation hearing yesterday. I think he will follow the Thomas playbook

He will say, This is a High tech smear job.

[pangaia]

10. These are the republican members on that committee.....

Can you imagine a sicker group of men that the first 5 on this list??
I don't know much about the last 6..

But jessze... Hello human beings on planet earth !!!! Are you there?


Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Chairman.
Orrin Hatch, Utah.
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina.
John Cornyn, Texas.
Ted Cruz, Texas.

Ben Sasse, Nebraska.
Jeff Flake, Arizona.
Miker Crapo, Idaho
Tom Tillis, North Carolina
Mike Lee, Utah.
John Kennedy, Louisiana


And then. THEN compare them to these guys..'
THIS is what a Judiciary Committee should look like - except maybe few more female All-Stars

Dianne Feinstein, California, Ranking Member
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Chris Coons, Delaware
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
Cory Booker, New Jersey (from January 9, 2018)
Kamala Harris, California

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. ... and here's how to contact 'em

BigmanPigman and bettyellen have compiled a list:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10112543

The (welcome) delays in this sham process give you time to let your opinion be heard.

[pangaia]

14. Thanks for the reminder

[certainot]

13. to stop kavenaugh and trump think sandra fluke, not anita hill

limbaugh had a significant role attacking anita hill. there was no fox then. talk radio made the difference then as he has many times since then. talk radio put huge pressure on those senators

when he tried to do to sandra fluke what he did to anita hill a few activists using social media scared off a lot of limbaugh advertisers. now it’s a lot easier and possible to redo that effort x 100.

in the last year artificial intelligence made it a lot cheaper, easier, and faster to turn recordings of spoken word into searchable transcripts

here are a few things limbaugh said about christine blasey ford yesterday — he’ll ramp it up the rest of this week. he named flake and corker as cowards, is aiming trump's base at wavering GOP senators and red state dems:

x

deranged leftist professor

bad professor

dark, troubled

severe psychological problems
and he refers to the attack as

doing the nasty

there was a lot more for most of 3 hours

when ad agencies learn how easy it is to list advertisers for limbaugh and the other rw blowhards they will have to categorize it and give advertisers a choise and ask if they want to support trump or not. when that happens trump's best weapon will fall apart as a 20-1 monopoly

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