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."
And Thailand.
Of course you believe her. Would you believe her if it was a Democrat about to be confirmed...of course not. I am so freaking tired of these beeotches. Hey have you called on Ellison to resign?
I am *so* sick of Mazie Hirono.
She’s trying to go the full Gutierrez.
This senator is the designated “tool” of the rat party because she is from a “safe” state for them.
My source of optimism might be due to my vacation...
Pragmatism may return upon my return to real life.
FU , Mazie, ya Coopid Stunt! ...
I’ll step up...
..for the rights of all Americans to be treated equally and respectfully.
Yes even men must be granted due process, the presumption of innocence unless proven guilty, and the right to face his accuser and defend himself.
I believe in equal rights for all Americans.
Where did you go to escape the insanity for awhile?
Yes Mazie, because women NEVER lie. Right?
Now, STFU and fix me a turkey pot pie bitch!
It needs to be looked into if Sen. Keiko ‘Mazie’ Hirono’s father was an Imperial Japanese Army soldier , killing American soldiers , in WW2 . As a so-called ‘veterinarian’, was he stationed in Manchuria ? Look up Unit 731.
Exactly what is Sen. Hirono hiding in her immigration into the United States narrative ?
Yes, but they only like gay men.
Hirono: seriously, sit down and shut the f-— up.
Some stupid leftist bimbo burbles an unsupported and irrational story you wouldn’t tell a priest in confession and all the men in this country are supposed to thoughtfully pause and not only hear her crap but pretend its for reals.
Whats unfair are the insane demands of the women on the left that somehow they are sacrosanct in all they do and all they say.
And the Ford bimbo is so eager to be believed that she doesn’t even feel she should answer any questions about it...I mean, hell, its not done that way on campus: just make the allegation and some one else rushes in to castrate the accused dude.
Waiting for a Pubbie to grow a pair and tell them to stfu.
Why don't YOU shut up, and STICK IT UP?
LOL, Hawaii.
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