Women rally against Brett
They’re awake now.
Women’s groups decried Thursday’s early-morning announcement that the FBI had concluded its investigation of sexual assault charges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and criticized the agency for not interviewing his key accuser.
Angry women boarded buses from various corners of America to gather in Washington, D.C., for demonstrations urging senators to vote “no” on Kavanaugh’s nomination.
“While we slept, the administration announced that the FBI finished its investigation into Kavanaugh and that they expect the Senate to confirm him,” tweeted a group called Women’s March, which organized an anti-Kavaugh rally Thursday in the nation’s capital. “We’re awake now . ... This won’t happen on our watch.”
Carrying signs that said, “Kava-Nope” and tweeting under the hashtag #Cancel Kavanaugh, demonstrators called Kavanaugh supporting senators “rape apologists” and blasted the FBI for rubber-stamping President Trump’s nominee.
“The results of the FBI investigation into Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Brett Kavanaugh are. for lack of a better word, bulls--t,” said Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of women’s group UltraViolet Action.
“Investigations are always stacked against survivors, but this investigation was designed to gaslight America from the start. It was intentionally designed to find nothing.”
Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal said the fix was in.
“Obviously, the White House drastically limited the scope of the FBI investigation,” Smeal said in a statement. We know that the sham investigation did not include interviews with Christine Blasey Ford, Julie Swetnick, Brett Kavanaugh or any of the dozens of people have come out in the last two weeks to corroborate significant parts of the allegations.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he expects Kavanaugh to be confirmed by Saturday.
Capitol police said they arrested 302 people, according to CNN.
Among them was comedian Amy Schumer (photo) — whose cousin is New York’s senior senator, Democrat Chuck Schumer — and model Emily Ratajkowski, who tweeted a picture of herself in the crowd holding a hand-lettered sign that said, “Respect female existence or expect our resistance.”