On Sunday September 30, 2018, Kellyanne Conway, the White House advisor, was discussing hearings and FBI investigation of the Supreme Court judge nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper. During the interview, Conway said she feels "very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape," and later, added her revelation: "I'm a victim of sexual assault."
As someone who has gone through a prior sexual assault, Kellyanne Conway believes somebody like professor Ford, or any others that make allegations, should all be heard. But last Monday, Conway suggested on "CBS This Morning" that the allegations against Kavanaugh were "like a vast left-wing conspiracy" when Deborah Ramirez, another accuser of Kavanaugh appeared. In Conway's opinion, women making the allegations should be heard through criminal justice system, not through partisan avenues.
Conway also mentioned that both the accused and accuser need to be treated fairly. From Conway's perspective, she claims that people do treat them differently based on their politics or based on their gender, and that is a huge mistake. "America, it's a huge mistake," she said.
Do you think people are treating the accused and accuser differently based on their political view and/or their gender? How may Keyllyanne Conway's personal revelation affect the public's view of her position?
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/kellyanne-conway-support-kavanaugh-cnntv/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/30/kellyanne-conway-im-victim-sexual-assault/?utm_term=.0c7cc5e3bde8
I think she has many controversies about herself in the past about she telling lies, supporting Trump without fact checking what he said. Not that I say she lying about this but looking at the interview, I don't see how her comment make a point
ReplyDeleteI believe people are treating the two very differently. They are quick to note Kavanaugh's hardships but don't seem to see how hard this is on Professor Ford as well. Although Kellyanne Conway shared her personal revelation and tells us what we have been doing is wrong, she is still biased because she works for President Trump and she will continue to support the nomination.
ReplyDeleteI think that Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh were treated equally and fairly. Kavanaugh was the one who was emotional and acted like a cry baby reflecting his true character and further showing that he is absolutely not qualified for a lifetime position as our Supreme Court Justice. I think that Keyllyanne Conway's personal revelation, although it may be true, was used so that the public trust her and think that since a sexual assault victim is still supporting Kavanaugh they should too.
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