Right-Wing Media Exploding Over FBI Investigation

[DonViejo]

Zachary Pleat

September 29, 2018 3:43 am

Conservative media personalities are attacking calls by a bipartisan group of senators for the FBI to investigate allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh following Thursday’s hearing with the nominee and Christine Blasey Ford, who testified that Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the 1980s.

A day after Thursday’s hearing, where Ford’s testimony was widely acknowledged as “credible” and Kavanaugh misled the senators in his own testimony, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Senate floor for a final vote. Following some last-minute drama,Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced he was voting to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote under the condition that the FBI spend up to a week investigating current allegations against the judge. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) also voiced support for Flake’s call for a delay on the floor vote so that the FBI can investigate.

Conservative media personalities, a couple of whom had smeared or discounted the women who reported sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, quickly attacked the calls for the FBI investigation and called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to ignore the request and quickly hold a vote to confirm Kavanaugh:

Fox News host Sean Hannity: “Now we need one more week, why so another 15 people can be brought up by Democratic operatives?”

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[padah513]

1. If 15 more people come out

I'm pretty sure it won't be Democratic operatives bringing them out. This is in the FBI's hands now.

[Squinch]

2. We need to stop caring about what the likes of Sean Hannity say. We need to

acknowledge the existence of their reactions and stop worrying about the effect they will have. We need to treat them as what they are: cult leaders for a cult that is steadily losing ground and whose stridency reflects its fear for its own existence.

[DonViejo]

3. Being informed doesn't mean "caring."

[Squinch]

5. I wasn't complaining about your post. For me it falls under "acknowledge their reactions exist."

Which, as you say, is necessary to being informed. Beyond that, though, we shouldn't give a shit about them.

Sorry if that was unclear.

[DonViejo]

6. I didn't think you were complaining about the post. I did, however, think you were...

advocating a "just ignore them, they'll go away" policy. I'm glad you clarified that, thanks. How many people, do you think, know that Sham Hannity was a follower of white nationalist Hal Turner? I say "was a follower" because Sham claims he's renounced those beliefs. I don't believe him for a nano-second

[Hav]

4. It's a continuation of what we saw in the hearings

Kavanaugh doesn't want an investigation or take a polygraph. The R senators don't want an investigation and use the lie as an excuse that the Dems sat on these allegations. It's apparent that one side doesn't want to find out the truth. Using time as an excuse to put someone on the SC who is credibly accused is beyond words.
I think it was Durbin who directly asked Kavanaugh whether he is afraid of what may come out in these investigations. I think they know what could come out.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Funny, the guy who wrote the DC Circuit opinion on Polygraph legitimacy doesn't want to be subject.

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It's OK if he fucks other people, but he wants to get a pass.

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[Shrike47]

8. Their words seem to apply awfully well to their investigations of Hillary Clinton.

None of them will admit that, however.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Over the past 10 years

they have thrown just about every party policy they had, under the bus, when it had to be applied to them. At this point, the bus is now sitting on top of a mountain of their discards, including past GOP Presidents and GOP gurus.