Dr. Christine Blasey Ford has publicly broken her silence for the very first time since her alleged sexual assault Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, Despite Blasey Ford’s brave decision to come forward with her story of what Kavanaugh did to her as a teen.
Blasey Ford, a research psychologist from northern California, broke barriers and grew to notoriety overnight when she publicly came forward with allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, during his battle for confirmation to the Supreme Court. Christine accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly sexually assaulting her when they were both still high school students in the 1980s. Kavanaugh, of course, was still confirmed to the SCOTUS on the back of his nomination from his fellow sexual assaulter, now former President Donald Trump.
His accuser went silent, following his confirmation to the highest court in the country, that is… Until now.
Christine Blasey Ford is now breaking her silence in her new tell-all memoir, where she talks of Kavanaugh’s confirmation and explains why she feels that he is resoundingly unqualified for the highly esteemed position he currently holds.
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The Guardian published excerpts of Blasey Ford’s upcoming memoir, in which she touches heavily on her previously publicized allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at school.
” The fact is, he was there in the room with me that night in 1982,” Ford writes in her tell-all, “and I believe he knows what happened. Even if it’s hazy from the alcohol, I believe he must know.”
“Once he categorically denied my allegations as well as any bad behavior from his past during a Fox News interview, I felt more certainty than ever that after my experience with him, he had not gone on to become the consummately honest person befitting a Supreme Court justice,” she writes.
Blasey Ford goes on to add that she thought Kavanaugh might “step down to avoid putting his family through an investigation or further scrutiny,” but the support of then-President Donald Trump and a slew of Senate Republicans — many of whom allegedly admitted to believing Ford’s allegations but voted in favor of Kavanaugh anyway — carried her assaulter over the finish line.
“Honestly, if it hadn’t been the Supreme Court — if my attacker had been running for a local office, for example — I probably wouldn’t have said anything,” she explains. “But this was a job at one of our most revered institutions, which we have historically held in the highest esteem. That’s what I learned at school.”
Ford once believed that everyone across the nation shared her view of the United States Supreme Court. She learned the hard way, that’s not the case at all.
“Wasn’t it inarguable that a Supreme Court justice should be held to the highest standard?” she questions in her upcoming memoir.
“A presidency you could win, but to be a Supreme Court justice, you needed to live your perfection. These nine people make decisions that affect every person in the country. I figured the application process should be as thorough as possible, and perhaps I could be a letter of (non)reference.”
Blasey Ford found herself at the heart of a political firestorm after she contacted her congresswoman, California Democrat Ann Eshoo as well as the Washington Post following Kavanaugh’s nomination by Donald Trump.
“I never, ever wanted [Kavanaugh’s] family to suffer,” Ford writes. “When my allegations came out publicly, the media started reporting that he was getting threats. It troubled me a lot.”
“Then I remembered that I’d already had to move to a hotel because of the threats to me and my family,” she goes on to add with a gut punch to the reader. “Again and again I thought, ‘Why is he putting us all through this? Why can’t he call those people off? Say something — anything — to condemn the harassment happening on both sides?”
Kavanaugh was infamously angry, bitter, and obnoxious during his hearings over Ford’s allegations and his history of drinking to excess. Ford cites those angry, fear-inducing outbursts as a prime reason why Brett Kavanaugh is not fit to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
“If you can’t handle that,” Ford writes, “then maybe you’re not qualified for the job.”
Read The Guardian’s full report on Christine Blasey Ford’s upcoming memoir here.
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