Hatch: Even if Kavanaugh committed rape 'it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is tod

[babylonsister]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/orrin-hatch-even-kavanaugh-committed-rape-hard-senators-not-consider-today/

Orrin Hatch: Even if Kavanaugh committed rape ‘it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today’
Brad Reed
17 Sep 2018 at 14:56 ET


Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Monday said that he believed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh did not attempt to rape Christine Ford when the two of them were teenagers — but he also tried to downplay what it would mean if the accusations were true.

According to NBC News’ Leigh Ann Caldwell, Hatch on Monday said that he had spoken with Kavanaugh and had found him to “honest” and “straightforward” in his denials about Ford’s accusations. Hatch also said of Ford that “there’s some question whether she’s mixed up” in her account of the alleged incident.

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Bloomberg News’ Laura Litvan reports that Hatch was then asked how he would feel about Kavanaugh’s nomination if it turned out that the allegations were true, and Hatch replied that “if that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today.”

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If the allegations were true, however, it would also mean that Kavanaugh has been lying for days about what actually happened during the night when he allegedly tried to rape Ford. Despite this, reports The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino, Hatch still believes it would show that Kavanaugh is “a good man… by any measure.”

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

1. And Today He Is A PERJURER nt

[NewJeffCT]

3. yes

I was just about to post that exact same thing.

Multiple accounts of perjury.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. They don't believe him or they would never consider the "what if" scenario

Think of any person you admire. If that person is falsely accused, in your eyes, you never say "what if."

[empedocles]

4. 'the woman might be "mixed up"

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The republicons are digging, deep shit.

[DFW]

5. Remind me again how Hatch voted during Clinton's trial in the Senate.....

Naaah, don't bother. We all know.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Too bad he aint a Democrat, eh Orrin, you would want him gone so fast it aint funny

but to be fair, you are a filthy fucking hypocrite so it makes sense

[Moostache]

7. Seriously, how is there such a thing as "republican woman" at all?

It boggles the mind how heinous these people really are...utterly disgusting swamp creatures.

[Solly Mack]

8. Sure, he could have left a string of victims behind but look at him now!

He's a god fearing, upright, and righteous former rapist - and that's all that matters!


That was sarcasm...just in case.

[Claritie Pixie]

9. He's the same misogynistic creep Orrin. Now a wolf in sherp's clothing -

a prestigious judge with an accomplished career, about to have the power to hurt and control women en masse. I bet he gets off thinking about it.

[world wide wally]

10. Which party wasn't he at?

How did he know which party she is talking about if he wasn't there?

[The Genealogist]

11. Reublicsn race to find the true bottom of the barrell

It is like they are outdoing themselves to see who is the crappiest one of them. Sick, sick people.

[Calculating]

12. As a guy, this kind of thinking is horribly offensive to me

Attempted rape isn't just a 'boys will be boys' kinda thing. I've never done that, and I suspect the same for all the other decent guys out there.

[LonePirate]

13. How about making sure that accused rapists and perjurers do not sit on the highest court?

I, for one, don’t think it is a good idea for foxes to guard hen houses.

[BootinUp]

14. Senator Stone Age!

[eleny]

15. He needs to be run out on a rail

[moondust]

16. Mormon values.

Or the lack thereof. I wonder if former Mormon missionary Orrin was pals with Warren Jeffs, convicted Mormon rape accomplice and child molester currently serving a life sentence + 20 years. Maybe Orrin's "mulligan" standard should be applied to poor old Warren who might also be a heckuva guy today.

Orrin?

[Ilsa]

17. Does Orrin not understand recidivism?

From what I've read, "rapiness" is hard to cure.