'Aunt Lydia' Collins, betrayer of women, about that 'thorough investigation'...

[deminks]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/16/1885818/-So-Sen-Collins-about-that-thorough-investigation-into-Brett-Kavanaugh-s-abusive-past

Link to tweet

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That was her response to the very brief "investigation" the FBI conducted into sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. You know, the Supreme Court nominee that Mitch McConnell shoved through the Senate who was only approved with Collins' vote. Anyone who was paying attention at the time knew that the five days the FBI spent "investigating" credible claims from at least two women about Kavanaugh's behavior in high school and college was bullshit.

Now we have confirmation of how cursory the FBI's efforts were. The blockbuster and nearly fatally flawed story from The New York Times over the weekend revealed that multiple witnesses had corroborated the account of one accuser, Deborah Ramirez, only to be brushed off by the FBI. Furthermore, a witness to a newly public allegation went to the FBI and his claim was not investigated. According to the Times, Kavanaugh's classmate Max Stier took that new allegation to the Senate as well. He declined to testify, but his also credible allegations were known to senators.

This is after, mind you, Kavanaugh had racked up an astounding number of lies and perjury in his history of testimony before the Senate. None of which fazed Collins, who reportedly greenlighted his nomination from the get-go.

(snip)

So, Senator Collins, what do you have to say about that today? We can't wait to hear.

(end snip)

[Faux pas]

1. Old

susan is way past her "serving the people" expiration date!

[jpak]

2. Don't hold your breath

She's not "concerned" enough to bother.

[gratuitous]

3. Now you're going to make Susan sad

I hope you're happy, bringing up her record like that. Don't you know how sad Susan gets when people remind her of inconvenient things she said and did?

[TruckFump]

4. She's concerned and disappointed.

[IronLionZion]

5. Mainers can help her retire in 2020

https://saragideon.com/

[ArcticFox]

6. This all sounds very familiar

I swear I heard about all this at the time. Was anyone actually fooled into thinking the FBI might find something when it's orders we're clearly designed to prevent any real inquiry?

[UTUSN]

7. K&R

[11 Bravo]

8. This time, Suze may find out that pretending to be a moderate ...

every six years just ain't going to cut it.