Over the weekend, the New York Times released a bombshell report with new details regarding multiple allegations of sexual assault by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. And John, it’s downright infuriating.

I'm sure you remember when the GOP was rushing Kavanaugh through the confirmation process to the highest court in the land this time last year, multiple women including Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez courageously came forward to tell their stories of Kavanaugh assaulting them in high school and college.

While Dr. Blasey Ford bravely took the stand and testified before the Senate, Ms. Ramirez’s accusation was not taken as seriously, as a Senate investigation did not feel her story could be corroborated. Turns out, at least seven people heard about the incident well before Kavanaugh was even a federal judge, and Ms. Ramirez gave investigators the names of 25 people who she felt could corroborate her story. Investigators never called them, even after those people tried reaching the FBI or anyone in the federal government who would listen.

It gets worse.

The Times goes on to report that there was another incident of similar sexual assault during Kavanaugh’s time at Yale that went unreported, witnessed by a Yale classmate. The witness claims he “notified senators and the F.B.I. about what he had witnessed but that the bureau did not investigate.”

It’s not surprising that it's clear this was a sham of an investigation, John, in a Republican attempt to rush an extremely conservative, dangerous man to the highest court in the nation for the sake of their far-right agenda.

And the person who cast the deciding vote was Senator Susan Collins.

Well, we can defeat Susan Collins in 2020, because there’s a progressive woman running against her. Her name is Betsy Sweet, and we at DFA are working to ensure she wins.

It’s time we hold Collins and the GOP accountable for disregarding the dignity and safety of women and survivors by confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Help us by pitching in a contribution of $5 or more to support DFA and Betsy today:

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Brett Kavanaugh should not be sitting on the Supreme Court. It’s time we kick out the person in office who put him there.

In solidarity,

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America