Return to Blog #7B: Republicans’ approval of guilty Kavanaugh reprehensible
- How did we get to this point?
- The Republicans’ conduct in summary
- The Republicans ignored clear evidence of Justice Kavanaugh’s guilt
- The Republicans ignored and hid the corroboration of Dr. Ford’s testimony and dishonestly undermined her credibility
- The Republican defense strategy was despicable
- The Republican delusion
- The Republican response to the evidence against Justice Kavanaugh tells you everything you need to know
- There is a crucial lesson about Republicans and sexual predators
- Justice Kavanaugh’s status as a sexual predator is current
- The Republican Judiciary Committee members viewed Kavanaugh as the victim, not Ford
- Senator Graham’s Strategic Outburst
- Selected quotes from his rant
- The strategy behind Senator Graham’s outburst
- Senator Cornyn’s statement
- Senator Hatch’s statement
- Senator Graham’s Strategic Outburst
- A timeline for Senate Republicans’ conduct
- Going in they seemed to have a viable, but despicable defense strategy
- But their planned defense substantively fell apart because of Justice Kavanaugh’s calendar
- The Republicans pressed ahead even after their strategy imploded
- The Senate Republicans should all be viewed as having the same knowledge of the facts
- The broader lesson about Republicans and #metoo claims is, they can’t be trusted
- There was no mitigating circumstance for the Republicans’ conduct
- Some media reports have captured the outrage represented by the Republicans’ conduct
- Looking Forward