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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is “insulting” Christine Blasey Ford by saying she believes the psychology professor was sexually assaulted by someone other than newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“She says that Dr. Ford thinks that she was assaulted, which is even more insulting than saying that she gave a very credible account,” Hirono told CNN on Sunday of her GOP colleague, who helped pave the way for Kavanaugh’s confirmation by a 50-48 Senate vote on Saturday.
“To say that she thinks that Dr. Ford thinks that she was assaulted, what is that? Is she mistaken?” Hirono said, adding that “anybody watching” her testimony would conclude she was being truthful about her story.
When asked about Ford’s testimony in a Sunday interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Collins said she is “convinced that Dr. Ford believes what she told us and that she was the victim, a survivor of sexual assault.” However, Collins maintained that “we have a presumption of innocence in this country” and given the lack of evidence she saw that could corroborate the allegation she “could not conclude that Brett Kavanaugh” was Ford’s assailant.
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