Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher were the women who confronted Senator Jeff Flake and stopped him from casting his vote to advance Brett Kavanaugh. Archila and Gallagher cornered Flake and begged him to reconsider his support for Kavanaugh who’s been accused of sexual assault when he was a teenager.
In the video below, Archila reveals that she was raped as a child and she tells Flake that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was telling the truth.
“What you are doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit on the Supreme Court”
Ana Maria Archila proclaimed that Senator Flake was allowing a man who violated a woman sit on the Supreme Court. Archila reminded Flake that she stood in his office and revealed that she was a sexual assault survivor. She explained that she told Flake her story because she recognized that Dr. Ford was telling the truth.
“I was sexually assaulted an nobody believed me”
Maria Gallagher explained that she was sexually assaulted and no one believed her. She told Senator Flake that he was telling women that they don’t matter by supporting Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh Confirmation Update
On Friday, September 28, 2018, President Donald Trump ordered the FBI to reopen the investigation of Brett Kavanaugh’s background.
A top Republican Senate staffer allegedly stifled testimony from Deborah Ramirez, the second woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Despite the overwhelming evidence against Kavanaugh, Republicans continue to support the Supreme Court nominee.
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