Kara S Alaimo, Columnist

Trump’s Raw Misogyny Lit the Brett Kavanaugh Fire

The #WhyIDidntReport campaign builds on the president’s record of misconduct toward women.

September 26, 2018 at 5:03 PM UTC

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September 26, 2018 at 5:13 PM UTC

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the author of “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — and How We Can Take It Back.”

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When Christine Blasey Ford appears at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, she will be asked why she waited more than 35 years to accuse the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school in the early 1980s.

President Donald Trump has asked similar questions, and implied that the delay cast doubt on her credibility. Last week, he tweeted: