Posted on 09/18/2018 12:21:32 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) called for "men of this country," encouraging them to "shut up and step up for once" on Tuesday following allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Hirono said at a press conference with Senate Democrats it "makes a difference" that there are women on the Senate Judiciary Committee, meaning Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford would not face an all-male panel during a public hearing.
But she added that she expects "the men in this country and the men in this committee" to "step up."
"Guess who’s perpetuating all these kinds of actions?" Hirono said, referencing the alleged assault. "It’s the men in this country. And I just want to say to the men in this country, just shut up and step up."
"Do the right thing," she said, pausing before adding, "for a change."
"You can see I’m a little bit upset by this, the unfairness of it," Hirono, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee presiding over Kavanaugh's hearings, said.
Hirono at the press conference said Ford is not obligated to appear before the committee in a public hearing on Monday, as she has been invited to do. Ford and her lawyers by Tuesday afternoon had not responded to the committee's requests for an interview.
"I think we all know when something is unfair, when something smells, and we all know this," Hirono said. "This is so patently unfair to her and what really bothers me and gets me so angry is that the White House is victimizing this person."
"Why should we participate in a victimization of a person who has the courage to come forward?" Hirono asked. "And she is under absolutely no obligation to participate in a smearing of her and her family."
Ford has reportedly faced an ongoing stream of threats since she went public with her accusations on Sunday. A friend of hers told local outlet The Mercury News that she had to temporarily move her children away from home.
The White House and Kavanaugh have repeatedly denied Ford's accusations.
Ford accused Kavanaugh of forcing himself on her during a high school party in the 1980s, an incident that she says has caused her decades of emotional trauma.
She said Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming as he groped her over her clothes, an account that she has substantiated with notes from her therapy sessions in 2012.
The White House is reportedly planning to tout various women's endorsements of Kavanaugh's character in order to undermine Ford's allegations.
Hirono during Kavanaugh's hearings this month asked if he had ever sexually assaulted a woman when he was of legal age. He replied no.
Kavanaugh was 17 at the time of the alleged assault.
"Seventeen is not exactly a baby, either," Hirono told Politico Magazine on Tuesday. "These are serious allegations. She has a very credible story. I believe her."
Seriously. Go.
And TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE..!
You’re DOING IT THE WRONG WAY..!!
(Yeah, that will make her a lot of friends.)
Bullshit, in all respects.
I hear if one throws yourself in a volcano, because of the sacrifice, all future rapes and assault vanish.
And I saw this on the Internet so it must be true.
Imagine if a male Republican castigated the women of America. Imagine the shrieks of outrage from the left.
Shut up Mazie. The stupid is strong with you.
Sexist.
So now we've reached the point where denying an allegation that dates back 35 years is "victimizing" the accuser? LOL.
I stepped up against rapist Bill clinton. I did my part long ago.
The skank accuser doesn’t know when the assault took place. She doesn’t know where the assault took place. She doesn’t know who was there.
Yeah, sure.
This is a good ad for MGTOW.
But man, if I were in my 20s right now I'd be thinking really hard about how I interact with women anymore. This stuff is getting out of hand.
“Seventeen is not exactly a baby, either,” Hirono told Politico Magazine on Tuesday. “These are serious allegations. She has a very credible story. I believe her.”
Well we dont you fugly hag. 34 women signed a letter praising Kavanaugh’s demeanor for the past 30 and you believe ONE dummycrat whose legal adviser is one of the Dem;’s top donors??
Do we have to publish every piece of shit that this awful publication issues?
I have heard RUMORS that the DemocRATS have offered to DROP the smear campaign against Justice Kavanaugh IF President Trump HALTS the declassification of the FISA documents. I say NO DEAL! The accuser seems to be nothing but a tawdry, lying slut.
How about a Hawaiian Punch?
“The Hill” belongs in “The Hole”
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