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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., questions
witnesses who are giving testimony on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, Sept. 7, 2018. (Photo: Ron
Sachs/CNP/AdMedia/Newscom)
Commentary By
Star Parker is a columnist for The Daily
Signal and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education.
While
questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about abortion during his
Senate confirmation hearings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., grossly
misstated statistics about abortion deaths before Roe v. Wade.
“In
the 1950s and 1960s, two decades before Roe, deaths from illegal abortions in
this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million. That’s according to the
Guttmacher Institute.”
The
Guttmacher Institute has very close ties to the abortion lobby, but even its
numbers proved Feinstein way off base.
The
Guttmacher study actually reported 200,000 to 1.2 million as the number of
procedures. Regarding actual deaths, in 1965, for example, there were 200,
according to Guttmacher.
When
corrected, Feinstein was dismissive of the gravity of her error. “So, a lot of
women died in that period,” she demurred.
Feinstein’s
distortion of data points to the agenda driving this new discussion from the
left to derail the Kavanaugh vote by any means necessary.
Nothing,
certainly not facts, will get in the way of their attempts to control the
courts, regardless of any collateral damage done to the reputation of an
upstanding and decent man.
Thus
we can understand the sudden emergence of Christine Blasey Ford and her claim
that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982, when she was 15 and he was 17.
As
reported in The Washington Post, Ford, a vocal progressive and pro-Democrat
donor, wrote to Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary
Committee, describing the incident but requesting anonymity in July.
Apparently,
Feinstein was so moved to keep the letter anonymous that she buried the
contents as well as the identity of the author.
Per
reports, Feinstein did not ask Kavanaugh about this in her interview with him
prior to the hearings. Nor did she question Kavanaugh about it during the
hearings.
Suddenly,
two months after Feinstein received Ford’s letter, she announced she had
information about Kavanaugh that she reported to the FBI.
Then
a story revealing the contents of Ford’s letter appeared in the press. Days
later, Ford concluded her “civic responsibility” compelled her to shed
anonymity and step forward, armed with a polygraph test corroborating her story
and a seasoned, progressive legal adviser.
How
can anyone take this seriously?
Even
liberals should concede that in America one is innocent until proven guilty.
Particularly with 36-year-old allegations that are impossible to corroborate.
Kavanaugh
has had a long, distinguished career, serving as counsel in the White House and
for the last 12 years as a federal district appeals court judge. Along with
this, he has undergone a half-dozen FBI background checks, with no
irregularities arising.
This
is now standard fare for Democrats. When they perceive that our
constitutionally defined machinery of government is not serving their far-left
interests, they reach into the “dirty tricks” bag and pull out racist or sexual
accusations to derail things.
This
is exactly the swamp in Washington that President Donald Trump was elected to
drain.
If
Feinstein thought Ford’s accusations had teeth, then she had two months to vet
them. It is a travesty to our system of government and justice to now interrupt
the progress of Kavanaugh’s confirmation with these tenuous claims. Feinstein
had her chance.
It is
transparent that this is about Democrats wishing to cause a delay until after
November, opening the door for a new, progressive nominee, should Democrats
gain control of congress.
Nothing
prevents Democrats from continuing to investigate Kavanaugh after he is
confirmed—if they so wish.
The
abuse that concerns me now is the abuse of our system of government by devious
progressive political operatives.
It is
imperative that Republicans show leadership now, before the election in
November, and move forward immediately to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination.
COPYRIGHT
2018 STAR PARKER
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