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Liberals forget innocent until proven guilty

Ignore lack of evidence

- Adriana Cohen is a nationally syndicated columnist, Herald radio host and national TV commentato­r. Follow her on Twitter @AdrianaCoh­en 16.

It’s downright frightenin­g that liberal lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Democratic congressio­nal candidate Ayanna Pressley, are defending female accusers of sexual assault without vetting the allegation­s. Instead, they deny men like Judge Brett Kavanaugh the presumptio­n of innocence and mercilessl­y convict him in the court of public opinion before the facts are in.

If that’s the new normal, voters must realize this: Your husband’s not safe, your brother, son, uncle or any man you know. They can all be falsely accused of sexual misconduct — and have their lives destroyed — thanks to feminists and liberal lawmakers who care more about their party’s political agenda and ideology than any semblance of due process.

Christine Blasey Ford has belatedly levied unsubstant­iated claims of sexual assault against Kavanaugh amid his Supreme Court confirmati­on process. Scores of Democratic senators, commentato­rs and unhinged protesters have rushed to defend Ford even though what she claims happened more than three decades ago is devoid of corroborat­ing evidence.

Now a new woman has come forward accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct at Yale. Debbie Ramirez, now 53, told the New Yorker she was playing drinking games with Kavanaugh and others and that he exposed himself without her consent. Kavanaugh categorica­lly denies it. The New Yorker says it has “not confirmed with other eyewitness­es that Kavanaugh was present at the party.” Ramirez admits she was drunk and her memory of the event is not good. Translatio­n: not reliable. She has “significan­t gaps in her memories of the evening.” Repeat: Significan­t gaps.

Ford can’t also can’t remember key details like when and where. She claims the alleged groping incident was at a teenage drinking party 36 years ago and named four witnesses. They have all since come forward saying they don’t know what she’s talking about.

Ford’s uncorrobor­ated claims are collapsing, yet that hasn’t stopped Bay State pols and their liberal compatriot­s from attacking Kavanaugh’s character, putting his family in harm’s way — they’ve received death threats — while obstructin­g the president’s constituti­onal duty to appoint justices to the Supreme Court.

Demonstrat­ing that ruthless Democrats consumed with hate toward the current administra­tion will stop at nothing to advance their political agenda, regardless if allegation­s made against Kavanaugh are true or not true.

Due process be damned.

 ?? STAFF FILE PHOTOS, TOP LEFT, BY NICOLAUS CZARNECKI; TOP RIGHT, BY ANGELA ROWLINGS; AP FILE PHOTO, ABOVE ?? NO PROOF: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, top left, and congressio­nal candidate Ayanna Pressley, top right, have defended Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, above, of sexual assault three decades ago.
STAFF FILE PHOTOS, TOP LEFT, BY NICOLAUS CZARNECKI; TOP RIGHT, BY ANGELA ROWLINGS; AP FILE PHOTO, ABOVE NO PROOF: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, top left, and congressio­nal candidate Ayanna Pressley, top right, have defended Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, above, of sexual assault three decades ago.
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