Posted on 09/21/2018 1:26:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on colleagues to “show some heart” and wait until at least next Thursday to bring before the panel the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Feinstein criticized Republican colleagues on Friday for announcing a proposal to bring Christine Blasey Ford before the Judiciary Committee next Wednesday, even though Ford’s lawyers have already said their client cannot appear before Thursday.
“Dr. Ford is receiving death threats. She’s had her identity stolen and her email account hacked. She fled her home wither family. But Republicans want to rush her into a hearing. It’s mean-spirited and candidly shows no sympathy or empathy whatsoever,” Feinstein said in a statement.
She argued that Republicans have no good reason not to wait another day to accommodate Ford’s request.
“It’s just an extra day, why not wait 24 hours?” she said. “Show some heart. Wait until Dr. Ford feels that she can come before the committee.”
Feinstein noted that Republicans delayed former President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, for nearly a year in 2016, denying him a hearing and a vote and keeping the seat open until after President Trump took office.
Senate Republicans have proposed that Ford come before the committee on Wednesday and testify first, allowing Kavanaugh, whom she has accused of an attempted sexual assault 36 years ago, to respond later.
They have agreed to a request from her legal team that television coverage be limited to one camera, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
Ford has also requested that Kavanaugh not be in the room when she testifies and that senators––not special outside counsel––interview the witnesses.
Republicans are discussing whether or not to bring in an independent counsel, possibly a woman, to question Ford.
There are no female GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee, and the optics of 11 male Republican senators potentially questioning Ford has drawn comparisons to the 1991 Anita Hill hearings, when all members of the Judiciary Committee were male.
A senior Senate Democratic aide on Friday slammed the GOP proposal as “disingenuous” because Ford’s lawyers has informed them that she would not be ready to testify before Thursday.
F her
F you
Really, Republicans have you no compassion?
Christine cant screw-up her life just to testify at some stuffly ol’ hearing .
She has an important cooking class on Tuesday that she MUST attend.......”How Quinoa Can Change Your Life.”
“It’s just an extra day, why not wait 24 hours?” she said.
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If a day is so critical, why did you keep this accusation secret for two months, you stupid cow?
You’re right, and thank you.
Tell me why a death threat means that you can testify on Thursday but not Monday, or that you can’t testify 1st.
WHAT? Show some heart?
The absolute hypocrisy is unbelievable!
Why did not SHE show some heart and release the letter the moment it came into her hands?
Geez, that broad must be dumber than a stump!
You don’t get to slander someone’s entire life and career in front of not only the world, but his wife and kids, and get to skate w/o even being questioned.
This woman is a loon, who had some so-called repressed memory recall during therapy years later. It’s bullshit.
She probably was a drug taking drunken ho during her youth, not because of some tragedy, but because she was a spoiled rich girl without proper parenting.
Now she wants to project all of her embarrassing sexual behavior onto a target that conveniently is the antithesis of her politics.
She had her chance to testify and all she does is refuse or make demands. Dear committee- finish your business now and vote the nomination to the floor so the senate can confirm already. The Ford claim is ridiculous and irrelevant to begin with. 36 years ago? Gimme a break! High school ????? Who’s Feinstein kidding? Investigate feinstein’s sekf- dealings while in public office - and her serious security gaffes
Well you had her on Hold for months
Next tell me why a death threat would mean you can’t be questioned by a female attorney
Feinstein is the one behind this entire circus, behind the keeping that letter a secret and not letting it being investigate sooner and having her staffers leak out the name after the committee was done and ready to vote. She is literally the last person on planet Earth to lecture about this.
[ Feinstein to GOP: Show some heart to Kavanaugh accuser ]
She means her Planned Parenthood Democrat operative.
Take a hike, DiFi.
I guarantee you she is being coached on how to cry at the hearing every time she is asked a perfectly normal question to get at the truth.
This whole smear campaign was put together so sloppy, and the facts so vague, together with the stalling, you would almost think they are just trying to provoke Republicans. Spark up a little”war on women” material for the midterms.
Just don’t show any heart to Kavanaugh right Diane?
I don’t know why anyone is mad at her after all it’s not like she’s trying to destroy a guy’s Supreme Court appointment based on something he supposedly did as a drunk 17 year old kid 36 years ago.
exactly - GMTA
The hysterical biytches are controlling the entire country. Do not take them seriously! Pay no attention to their hysterical rantings.
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