Dr. Blasey Ford & The Kavanaugh Hearings: With Special Guest, Molly Jong-Fast

In the weeks since Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s
confirmation hearings, not one, not two, but three women have
stepped forward to accuse him of perpetrating or participating in
sexual assault. The first charge was Doctor Christine Blasey Ford’s
accusation of attempted rape. Ford accused Kavanaugh of holding her
down, muffling her screams, and trying to take off her clothes. The
second charge was Deborah Ramirez’s, who accused Kavanaugh of
exposing his penis to her and laughing about it to his friends. The
third charge, which emerged on Wednesday, came from Julie Swetnick.
Swetnick accused Kavanaugh of running a “rape train,” getting girls
drunk and participating in gang rapes. These are shocking
accusations. But maybe we should have expected revelations about
sexual misconduct from a Trump nominee. After all, as of last
count, President Trump has more than 16 allegations of sexual
misconduct against him. But it’s not just that the two have both
amassed accusations of sexual crimes that makes them simpatico. For
Kavanaugh is not just a Trump pick. He is the natural product of
the worldview Trump espouses, what I like to call Trumpism. Put
simply, Trumpism is all about empowering the empowered. Trumpism is
about taking the cool kids, the rich white kids who have always got
what they wanted, and making sure that they get even more. Read
more:
https://forward.com/opinion/411002/brett-kavanaugh-was-a-cool-kid-who-thought-he-owned-the-world-maybe-he/