1. Given Kavanaugh's lack of composure in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators who vote to confirm Kavanaugh to The Supreme Court prove to US Citizens that they are not interested in finding the *best* candidate to fill an open position, but only in filling the position expediently and without offending the President and The Republican majority.
2. Given Kavenaugh's openly stated contempt for "liberals" in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators who vote to confirm Kavanaugh to The Supreme Court prove to US Citizens that they are not interested in finding the *best* candidate to fill an open position, but only in filling the position expediently and without offending the President and The Republican majority.
3. A Vote for Kavanaugh Will Make It Clear That The US Government is hostile to its female citizens. It will do this in at least three ways.
A. In choosing to disregard the testimony of one very credible female witness against a man seeking power and failing to seek evidence from other women making similar accusations against the same man seeking power, members of the US Senate prove that they do not believe they are hired by voters to represent these (or any) women.
B. Supporting a Kavanaugh confirmation is the same as supporting an end to Roe V. Wade protections for American women who need abortions. This removes female autonomy over their own bodies. Such a vote proves that members of the US Senate do not believe in female autonomy.
C. Voting to hire a justice who has been accused by several women of sexual misconduct and who has been caught in lies told before the Senate Judiciary Committee proves that the Senate places more value on the words of a proven male liar than the words of any woman. This proves that US Senators have no interest in justice for women.
For these reasons, I urge you to contact any the four Senators still undecided about Kavanaugh. Ask them to vote no on Kavanaugh and to push their Senatorial peers to do the same. There is no rush to fill this open judiciary post and there are many qualified candidates worth consideration for the job.
2. Given Kavenaugh's openly stated contempt for "liberals" in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators who vote to confirm Kavanaugh to The Supreme Court prove to US Citizens that they are not interested in finding the *best* candidate to fill an open position, but only in filling the position expediently and without offending the President and The Republican majority.
3. A Vote for Kavanaugh Will Make It Clear That The US Government is hostile to its female citizens. It will do this in at least three ways.
A. In choosing to disregard the testimony of one very credible female witness against a man seeking power and failing to seek evidence from other women making similar accusations against the same man seeking power, members of the US Senate prove that they do not believe they are hired by voters to represent these (or any) women.
B. Supporting a Kavanaugh confirmation is the same as supporting an end to Roe V. Wade protections for American women who need abortions. This removes female autonomy over their own bodies. Such a vote proves that members of the US Senate do not believe in female autonomy.
C. Voting to hire a justice who has been accused by several women of sexual misconduct and who has been caught in lies told before the Senate Judiciary Committee proves that the Senate places more value on the words of a proven male liar than the words of any woman. This proves that US Senators have no interest in justice for women.
For these reasons, I urge you to contact any the four Senators still undecided about Kavanaugh. Ask them to vote no on Kavanaugh and to push their Senatorial peers to do the same. There is no rush to fill this open judiciary post and there are many qualified candidates worth consideration for the job.
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