Blog 7B Table of Contents

Return to Blog #7B: Republicans’ approval of guilty Kavanaugh reprehensible

Senate Republicans approved Justice Kavanaugh despite knowing he’s guilty. They covered up his guilt and slimed his victim.

• 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
• 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