Posted on 09/18/2018 10:19:17 AM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Another Delay Tactic: Dianne Feinstein is Now Demanding Dozens of Witnesses Testify Against Kavanaugh
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Dianne Feinstein is rejecting efforts by Chairman Chuck Grassley to hear from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during high school, in an open hearing Monday.
"Chairman Grassley said today there would be only two witnesses invited to testify at the Kavanaugh hearing next week on sexual assault allegations. Compare that to the 22 witnesses at the 1991 Anita Hill hearing and it's impossible to take this process seriously," Feinstein released in a statement. "What about other witnesses like Kavanaugh's friend Mark Judge? What about individuals who were previously told about the incident? What about experts who can speak to the effects of this kind of trauma on a victim? This is a another attempt by Republicans to rush this nomination and not fully vet Judge Kavanaugh."
Feinstein, who keeps releasing bombastic statements, has turned down a number of media interviews in recent days and has not spoken publicly about Ford's accusation.
Grassley said during an interview with Salem Radio host Hugh Hewitt Tuesday morning that Ford, despite multiple attempts, has not responded to requests for testimony on Monday. Kavanaugh has accepted the invitation to testify.
"We still haven't heard from Dr. Ford, so do they want to have the hearing or not?" Grassley said during an interview with Salem Radio host Hugh Hewitt Tuesday morning. "We have reached out to her in the last 36 hours, three or four times by email and we have not heard from them. It kind of raises the question do they want to come to the public hearing or not? The reason we're having the public hearing is obviously, well number one, accusations like this deserve consideration and looking into and that's what the purpose of the hearing is. We wouldn't be having the hearing if Dr. Ford told the Washington Post and other people publicly she wanted to testify."
Yertle better strong arm the committee. Hold the vote and squash the dems like the vermin they are
Seriously, any trial lawyer wuld have a field day tearing this accusation apart. Nothing about it argues for credibility, even if the time frame was only in years, not multiple decades.
But it is, indeed, a reminder of how critical is the election.
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DiFi could had had months to deal with this issue, but she chose to sit on this letter until after the hearing had closed.
Totally agree, especially on booting her from the committee.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a lower stunt than hers from either party.
Good post, dead on the mark.
No, they don't. The lying communist Feinstein claims she had this "accusation" in her possession since July. She had plenty of time to raise this issue with the President, with Judge Kavanaugh, and with the Senate committee.
These things, she willfully and dishonestly REFUSED TO DO. She had her chance, she blew it.
Now, she can shut her filthy sewer and quit befouling the body politic with her lies.
Diane Feinstein, a cunning stunt at that.
That was fine when they were winning the political game.
They've become increasingly zany ("I am Spartacus!") and unhinged because they're losing the political game now, too.
I occasionally troll on some leftist websites, and here is what has these lunatics all bent out of shape right now:
They're looking at this map and realizing that liberals are likely to be on the losing end of Senate confirmation votes for a long time. Even if you account for the fact that many states will split the party affiliations of their two U.S. Senators, they see a future where the Republican Party could potential have a long-term majority in the U.S. Senate made up of Senators representing 25-30 states comprising no more than 25% of the U.S. population.
Young people today are going to look at this accusation as a HUGE JOKE have you seen what the hell they do at spring break???
It’s time to clean up the Senate. Step 1: Expel Feinstein for gross, repeated violations of rules, unilaterally releasing classified information on the pitiful excuse that she had a cold, etc. Step 2: Confiscate her ill-gotten wealth to the last penny.
I actually think that Dianne has really stepped in it this time and may actually have hurt her re-election. De Leon already has the hard left vote wrapped up. I may be wrong, but I have to think that she has angered many Independents and Republicans whose support she needs to get re-elected. Many of them could leave that portion of their ballot blank. She will probably still win, but it won't be as decisive as her win in the primary.
pubs had better put this crap down now.....they need to keep their majority in congress and they won’t keep it if they welch out on Judge K.
Amazing how one simple lie can turn the country upside down. And DiFi knows it’s a lie.
And did at Spring Break in 1982, especially at underaged drinking parties, among those too young to head to Southern resorts for their partying!. The Democrats play on the nervous Nellies in our Party. If only the whipped cur Rhinos would pause long enough to rediscover their common sense, we would regain and maintain the effective initiative!
If you start out with the assumption that Kavanaugh must be guilty you have to allow time to have “witnesses” affirming that guilt. It is no easy matter to come up with “facts” to meet the conclusion you have already drawn. Tyrants know this and Fi would certainly be acquainted with their methods.
She sure does...Both her and the RAT activist knows it’s a lie and that’s why they only used it as a last resort when nothing else worked.
Thank heavens it’s not working out quite like they planned, Judge Kavanaugh has much more support than they thought.
And the same people who loudly applauded that other MA rep Gerry Studds, who molested a young male Congressional page.
Figures
This IS working, it gives the squishy middle senators a reason not to vote for Kavanaugh.
Di Fi is an anti-Catholic VILE, EVIL Democrat,, Redundant, I know.
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