She told a Democrat official about it at the time and he did nothing about it. She has a record of it. I just don’t understand why she didn’t follow it through.
The major difference is that only one political party is involved with Tyson and Fairfax. This is not about someone fearful that Roe v. Wade will be struck down. But, we should still be skeptical for other motives, possibly more personal or favor-related.
Not really, beyond the starting point of making an accusation many years after the fact. Tyson remembers exactly when and where the alleged incident happened. Tyson didn't offer up potential corroborating witnesses who all disputed her story. Tyson hasn't scrubbed her social media to hide her own political biases. Tyson is a Democrat and doesn't have a partisan or ideological motive to make this accusation. Tyson didn't huddle with lawyers and congressional staff to coordinate a hit job. In other words, Tyson's story is straightforward and consistent. We can believe her or not, but her story isn't swathed with the red flags that surrounded Blasey Ford's account.
The biggest problem with Tyson's story is that she, like Blasey Ford, apparently didn't tell anyone at the time. Juanita Broadrick and Paula Jones provide appropriate counter examples. Whatever one makes of their stories (and I believe them), they did in fact report Bill Clinton's sexual assault to family and friends immediately after the fact. They didn't involve the police, unfortunately, but they did have contemporaneous corroboration from credible people when their stories became public much later. Given the huge gray area surrounding sexual incidents that may or may not have been consensual, the failure to say anything to anyone at the time is serious.
Both accusers are liberal California academic women.