"Kavanaugh chooses his words very carefully, and this is a dog whistle for going after birth control," read her comments on Twitter accompanying an 11-second clip in which Kavanaugh characterized certain forms of birth control as "Abortion-inducing drugs." "Make no mistake," Harris wrote, "This is about punishing women." But the senator had failed to include mitigating context in that clip, which would have made it clear that Kavanaugh was simply restating the arguments made by the plaintiffs in the case in question.
Later, Harris probed Kavanaugh as to whether he believed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which has never been explicitly ruled unconstitutional, was wrongly upheld by the Supreme Court.
Despite calling the decisions of this period "Discriminatory," Kavanaugh declined to elaborate on a case that could theoretically come before the Supreme Court.
In a particularly self-serving display, Harris let loose with an eight-minute cascade of insinuations involving something unsaid but probably untoward regarding Kavanaugh and Robert Mueller's special counsel's office.
It turned out that the 35-year-old accusations involve an anonymous woman who was allegedly cornered in a bedroom by Kavanaugh and a friend during a high-school party.
All were minors at the time of this alleged episode, and Kavanaugh denies the allegations.
Democrats will not only claim that this confirmation process was tainted but may now contend that Kavanaugh cannot be an impartial arbitrator-not with unresolved clouds of suspicion involving sexual assault hanging over his head. Ultimately, as public polling suggests, the Democratic Party's effort to tarnish Kavanaugh's reputation through insinuation and theatrics has had the intended effect.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/democrats-kavanaugh-shame/
Later, Harris probed Kavanaugh as to whether he believed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which has never been explicitly ruled unconstitutional, was wrongly upheld by the Supreme Court.
Despite calling the decisions of this period "Discriminatory," Kavanaugh declined to elaborate on a case that could theoretically come before the Supreme Court.
In a particularly self-serving display, Harris let loose with an eight-minute cascade of insinuations involving something unsaid but probably untoward regarding Kavanaugh and Robert Mueller's special counsel's office.
It turned out that the 35-year-old accusations involve an anonymous woman who was allegedly cornered in a bedroom by Kavanaugh and a friend during a high-school party.
All were minors at the time of this alleged episode, and Kavanaugh denies the allegations.
Democrats will not only claim that this confirmation process was tainted but may now contend that Kavanaugh cannot be an impartial arbitrator-not with unresolved clouds of suspicion involving sexual assault hanging over his head. Ultimately, as public polling suggests, the Democratic Party's effort to tarnish Kavanaugh's reputation through insinuation and theatrics has had the intended effect.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/democrats-kavanaugh-shame/
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