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Jacob OglesSeptember 23, 2018

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The oldest woman running for the Florida Senate this year wants male candidates to get with the times on acknowledging sexual assault. Billee Bussard, the Democratic challenger in Senate District 4, issued a press release Sunday titled: “Do Florida’s GOP Male Lawmakers Believe ALL Teenage Boys Commit Sexual Assault?” The missive came after a former […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 23, 2018

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Florida Democrats called on Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis to fire a woman from his campaign after she questioned if Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser was merely bitter because he liked another girl. Lourdes de la Peña participated in a CNN interview of female Kavanaugh supporters that went viral this weekend. In the course of the interview, de […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 23, 2018

Former Congressional candidate Gina Sosa’s defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a CNN interview went viral and drew heavy criticism for normalizing sexual assault. During an interview on CNN, Sosa and a group of women identified simply as Republican voters defended Kavanaugh, whose confirmation hearings came under threat after accusations surfaced he assaulted a […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

Florida House candidate Emma Collum, a Democrat, is bashing Republican House members who signed a letter urging the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court — despite an allegation of a decades-old sexual assault. Christine Blasey Ford alleges Kavanaugh drunkenly accosted her at a party when the two were back in high […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018

Florida House Republicans are calling on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats to immediately confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter — sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein and signed off on by 73 […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 19, 2018

Her studies first brought her West, but for Christine Margaret Blasey Ford, the move to California proved a way to leave behind what had gone wrong in her teenage years in the patrician suburbs of Washington, D.C. Born into a well-off family in Montgomery County, Maryland, Ford has said she spent years working to recover […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh appeared increasingly imperiled Wednesday, in the wake of allegations of sexual assault against him. The federal appellate judge was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford three decades ago at a party when they were in high school, and as Wednesday progressed, partisan lines on the best way forward began to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears increasingly imperiled Tuesday, in the wake of allegations of sexual assault against him. The judge was accused of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford three decades ago at a party. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican running for Senate this year, weighed in — saying that while the allegations are “very serious,” […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2018

The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears increasingly imperiled Monday, in the wake of allegations of sexual assault against him. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday joined a bipartisan consensus that the allegations need to be investigated. I’m still waiting for a meeting with Judge Kavanaugh I’ve requested four times. I have a number of questions […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is again denying a woman’s allegation he sexually assaulted her at a party three decades ago. The White House released a new statement Monday from the nominee in which he calls the claim “completely false.” Kavanaugh says he never did what the accuser describes “to her or anyone.” The woman, […]

Tag: Brett Kavanaugh

Billee Bussard asks male candidates: Do all boys commit assault?

Democrats call on Ron DeSantis to fire Brett Kavanaugh defender

Gina Sosa defends Brett Kavanaugh: “What boy hasn’t done this in high school”

Emma Collum blasts ‘repugnant’ Republicans defending Brett Kavanaugh

Florida House Republicans push Kavanaugh confirmation

Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser struggled to come forward, friends say

Bill Nelson: FBI needs to investigate Brett Kavanaugh sex accusations

Rick Scott laments ‘slick Washington trick’ derailing Brett Kavanaugh confirmation

Bill Nelson wants ‘investigation’ of sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh again denies woman’s assault claim