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“We Believe Survivors,” reads the bold text at the top ofthe website BrettKavanaugh.com.
After criticizing Kavanaugh’s confirmation as “a victory for one interest group or another,” the group points to the silver lining behind these divisive past few weeks: There’s more of a national focus on sexual assault than ever before, especially on “how we as a country can and should do more to prevent it and to support those who have experienced it. This past month, thousands of survivors came forward to tell their stories. We applaud your bravery. We believe you.”
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The website also provides contact information for theNational Sexual Violence Resource Center,End Rape on Campusand theRape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
After weighing the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, the U.S. Senate voted Saturday to place him on the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
President Trump‘ssecond conservative nomineeis expected to help shift legal decisions to the right, resulting in threatened protections involving abortion rights, healthcare, presidential power and gun control, among others.
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The confirmation came after hours of debate — and despite unprecedented opposition followingKavanaugh’s recent Senate testimony, whichinvolved an angry screed and a wild conspiracy theory behind the sexual assault allegations.
source: people.com
