Brett Kavanaugh's Allegation: Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham Mock the Democrats' Indictment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not too worried about the new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In fact, he rejected it as a "re-enactment" of a "sad and embarrassing chapter that the Senate Democrats (…) wrote last September."

This is not a particularly surprising position – given how quickly McConnell questioned other allegations of misconduct that Kavanaugh had faced last year – but it also underscores how Republicans are determined to rally behind the second judge of the Supreme Court of President Donald Trump.

"For everyone who has read the news in recent days, you probably feel a bit like marmot dayMcConnell said in a ground address on Monday, criticizing a New York Times report alleging a new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh, described as "evil." sourced "and" minimal report ".

Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, of The Times, cite corroboration of an allegation of sexual misconduct filed against Kavanaugh by former Yale classmate, Deborah Ramirez, last year. It also highlights another allegation of sexual misconduct according to which Kavanaugh would expose his genitals to a classmate at a party, although the woman involved in the incident did not go to court. remember not. Kavanaugh denied Ramirez's allegation and refused to comment on the second charge, at the request of Pogrebin and Kelly.

Several Democratic presidential candidates, including Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have since called for the dismissal of Kavanaugh after the article was published, an effort that Republicans have largely flouted.

McConnell's response this week echoes his approach last fall. After accusations against Kavanaugh last year, including that of Professor Christine Blasey Ford of Palo Alto University, who accused the then-nominated candidate of having sexually assaulted her while they were in high school, McConnell sought to move the process forward.

"In the very near future, Justice Kavanaugh will be a member of the US Supreme Court," McConnell said at the time. "Keep faith, do not be discouraged by all this. We will get by and do our job. "

McConnell was also reluctant to start an FBI investigation into the allegations of Ford and Ramirez, and gave up on this issue only after the former Arizona senator, Jeff Flake, put pressure on him for him to examine him.

At the time, he had argued that Blasey Ford's allegations were not supported, despite the evidence she had gathered to support the claim. This time, it is clear that he is content to discredit the allegation and ignore it completely.

Senate Republicans continue to stick to Kavanaugh

Like McConnell, most Senate Republicans see the new allegation of misconduct as a political ploy on the part of the Democrats to revive the controversial debate around the seat of the Kavanaugh Supreme Court. So far, none has indicated that he is particularly interested in a further examination of the allegation made in the Times report.

"I am deeply grateful to Judge Kavanaugh's family for being forced to undergo this ridiculous treatment again," Judge Senate Speaker Lindsey Graham said in a tweet. "There is no one there that they do not want to attack," said Sen. Ted Cruz of Democrats last weekend.

Some congressional Republicans, as well as the White House, are discussing a series of discussion topics brought together by a conservative organization called Article III Project, reports Brittany Shepherd of Yahoo. These responses are intended to discredit the allegations against Kavanaugh and to challenge the Times' report, which did not initially indicate that the woman involved in the new allegation did not recall it.

"Here they go again," McConnell said Monday, suggesting that Democrats were hysterically pushing for Kavanaugh's dismissal.

McConnell also linked Kavanaugh's criticism of the Kavanaughs to his broader intention of re-establishing the federal judiciary and confirming the largest possible majority of Senate justices of the Republicans. The recent opposition of Democrats to Kavanaugh is "a deliberate effort to attack the independence of justice," he said.