Kavanaugh is not a ‘Democrats said, Republicans said’ situation

After 10 a.m. CT on Thursday, CNN’s Gloria Borger, a political analyst, declared that the information gleaned from the FBI investigation into Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh didn’t really matter and the sexual assault allegations will just be a “Democrats said, Republicans said” issue.

She could not be more wrong.

This should still be America where we still have the presumption of innocence, and we should still be hesitant about declaring an American citizen guilty of a crime with zero evidence. From the beginning of Kavanaugh’s accusers being thrust into the public spotlight, the media has given the Democratic Party the benefit of the doubt and said Kavanaugh had to prove his own innocence.

We’ve been told:

— The women must be believed.
— The lack of evidence is evidence.
— The lack of corroboration is evidence.
— There must be a hearing.
— There must be an FBI investigation.

In spite of this, at every turn, the media and the Democrats acted in complete bad faith.

— They held the initial letter from Kavanaugh’s accuser until the 11th hour.
— They declared allegations of gang rape brought by Michael Avenatti as credible.
— They declared anonymous allegations as credible.
— They declared anyone willing to make an allegation about Kavanaugh’s drinking credible.
— They all but ignored any questions of Kavanaugh’s accuser’s credibility.
— They investigated whether Kavanaugh throwing ice in a bar in 1985 was disqualifying.
— They defended Kavanaugh’s accuser’s delays in responding to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
— They defended Kavanaugh’s accuser’s delays in testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
— They defended Kavanaugh’s accuser’s refusal to share information with the Senate Judiciary Committee.
— They defended Kavanaugh’s accuser’s attempts to offer information after the FBI investigation was complete.

After all of this, there is still not a single shred of corroborating evidence available. Every person alleged to be at the event described by Kavanaugh’s accuser either denies the event took place or has no recollection that said event took place.

So the media and the Democrats can wail and scream about Brett Kavanaugh, but they can not pretend this hasn’t been investigated.

So, no, this is not a “Democrats said, Republicans said” situation. It is a situation where Democrats threw every dirty trick in the book at this man and still came up empty.

Whatever happens this weekend, confirmed or not, it will be clear that Brett Kavanaugh was subjected to a level of unfairness, anger and dishonesty that should terrify fair-minded Americans.

@TheDaleJackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a conservative talk show from 7-11 am weekdays on WVNN