Slate’s Jamelle Bouie wasn’t impressed with Sen. John Cornyn’s defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which included a reference to Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Sen. Cornyn, defending Kavanaugh: "We remember that Atticus Finch was a lawyer who did not believe that a mere accusation was synonymous with guilt. He represented an unpopular person who many people presumed was guilty of a heinous crime because of his race, and his race alone."
— jamelle g-g-ghoulie ? (@jbouie) October 4, 2018
Somehow, Kirsten Powers took Cornyn’s analogy to mean that the entire Republican party can only come up with one fictional incident of a false sexual assault allegation.
False rape accusations are so common that the only example the GOP could come up with was a fictional character from a 1960 novel. https://t.co/t0fcfLIyy7
— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) October 4, 2018
Astonishing. https://t.co/xhq966lVd9
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 4, 2018
Um. What? https://t.co/y9Shf5KezF
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) October 4, 2018
First, that was one statement from Cornyn, not the GOP. And second, false rape accusations are probably a lot more common than Powers wants to admit.
How dare the GOP reference a book that is assigned reading for practically every student for the past 40 years? They should have gone with Harry Potter. https://t.co/IPvN87ZHOV
— Caleb Quaffing Wine ? (@calebqwash) October 4, 2018
That's pretty sad Kirsten
Cultural references somehow became off limits?Check your replies for a ratio filled with horrifying examples https://t.co/oixOTqVfRU
— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) October 4, 2018
You mean the one they chose, which is a book that most high schoolers are required to read (until people like you get that changed, I guess)?
They could’ve added Rolling Stone’s UVA debacle, the Duke Lacrosse case and countless others, but you know that https://t.co/9n1Njj7WYo
— The H2 (@TheH2) October 4, 2018
Duke Lacrosse, Tawana Brawley, Jackie from UVA, Mattress Girl, Wanetta Gibson, Vandyke Perry's accuser, Scottsboro Boys' accusers https://t.co/mwfYaQGBkm
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 4, 2018
Is your Google broken? UVA, Duke, Mattress Girl…and that's just off the top of my head.
Oh, and of course, Kavanaugh. https://t.co/7hw8xf6VYY
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) October 4, 2018
Google "Duke Lacrosse" or "Mattress Girl", Kirsten. https://t.co/8EJmmJ2A6Y
— Goo T. Gwaba (@GooGwaba) October 4, 2018
“Mattress Girl” … you mean the discredited “rape survivor”-slash-performance-artist whom Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand invited to one of Barack Obama’s State of the Union speeches?
It happened to a close friend of mine's family member. A potential baseball career was ruined. It happens. Alot.
— Craig Polk (@cpolk10) October 4, 2018
Seriously? Duke lacrosse; VaTech, Twana Brawley; consult the innocence project. Partisan much? https://t.co/SAsNjwEH2K
— Anthony Bellino (@abellino) October 4, 2018
Kirsten, you're embarrassing yourself. Tawana Brawley, UVA fraternity, Duke lacrosse. There are many examples of men and women lying, about many things, serious and less serious. Do you really mean to imply you don't think there are any false rape accusations, ever? https://t.co/yWBXjgYv6Z
— Robert Meyne (@RobMeyne) October 4, 2018
you need the GOP to help you? aren't you a news person?
Have you heard of a magazine called Rolling Stone? https://t.co/NYixoQtwUq— Allan Sorensen (@AllanSorensen) October 4, 2018
Rolling Stone Magazine: Well…this is awkward https://t.co/0lg6MixUF1
— Michelle McCormick (@TexMex817) October 4, 2018
Duke La Cross, UVA, Mattress Girl, Greg Olsen's brother… that's just off the top of my head. https://t.co/LWxwrMwgCX
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) October 4, 2018
Here’s one from Tuesday: https://t.co/NeqQn0T6TB
— The Streeter (@thestreeter) October 4, 2018
— Ben Jammin ?? (@xBenJamminx) October 4, 2018
Try looking up the story of AJ Johnson. He lost years off of a NFL career because of a false allegation. The Broncos signed him quickly after he was acquited. https://t.co/bIyKeXcto7
— Adrienne (@AdrienneRoyer) October 4, 2018
— Ben Jammin ?? (@xBenJamminx) October 4, 2018
Oh, COME ON!!! I've heard of several, just since Kavanaugh was accused. Also, Duke sex assault scandal from a few years back that proved to be false, the accusation against Chuck Schumer, and of course, the historically most significant, Emmett Till. https://t.co/WMuHI1aLQh
— Nathanael Yowell (@ndgc12dx) October 4, 2018
I seem to remember one that caused me to never give a dime to my alma mater again. https://t.co/6SybAR9zIe
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) October 4, 2018
Just a few days ago… https://t.co/dba4yhmqcP https://t.co/nUNbyDWysE
— Bill Jur (@billuke) October 4, 2018
It is impossible that Powers is unaware of the many very, very public cases of women lying about being raped. She is engaging in contemptible gaslighting here, and it is just as disgraceful as those who claim women are to blame for their rapes. https://t.co/gCyD8VUzvI
— Joanne Mason (@JoanneMason11) October 4, 2018
What the hell has happened to you? You used to be rational and smart. You just look intentionally ignorant here. https://t.co/1oHGwezlEp
— SAJ (@GFVAHiker) October 4, 2018
Chad Felix Greene let Powers have it:
I am a rape survivor.
I know the pain of telling my story and fear of not being believed.Please stop promoting hatred, cruelty and dismissal of the genuine terror falsely accused men face.
Mocking and diminishing the injustice of the falsely accused does not honor true victims https://t.co/IoY5MafhJU
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 4, 2018
OMG, the @chadfelixg rebuttal tweets to this are priceless. Kirsten, you might need some ice on that. https://t.co/oscwmhB8in
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) October 4, 2018
She knows better than this. Remember that in the future. https://t.co/Qur1uuol2d
— FFFFF™ (@corrcomm) October 4, 2018
Is that enough or should we go on?
Related:
'No ma'am'! Kirsten Powers busted for this bogus characterization of GOP on Kavanaugh-Ford https://t.co/TYwrkj8dr4
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 28, 2018
