Susan Collins Says She Believes Survivors—Just Not Ford
The Maine senator called Christine Blasey Ford a “survivor," but her decision to vote for Kavanaugh is based on her ultimate rejection of Ford’s account.
Susan Collins’s late announcement to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Friday placed the Maine senator squarely in the center of the debate. And in her remarks, Collins sought the middle on another question, too: how to assess allegations of sexual assault such as those brought against Kavanaugh.
Republicans have for the most part insisted that Kavanaugh is innocent until proven guilty, and that there needs to be incontrovertible proof that he committed sexual misconduct. They point out that no witnesses have corroborated the details of Christine Blasey Ford’s account. Democrats have mostly countered that a confirmation hearing is not a criminal
