Kavanaugh was just confirmed to the Supreme Court, and Twitter is full of pain and anguish
Today, October 6th, U.S. senators voted to confirm embattled judge Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court. The confirmation comes 90 days after President Donald Trump announced Kavanaugh as his pick to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, and after a lengthy and painful confirmation process that saw three women—Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick—come forward with allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh. Their bravery also brought forth a tsunami of sexual assault stories from survivors triggered by the Kavanaugh hearings.
Following the majority-Republican 50-48 vote in the Senate, Twitter erupted with sorrow and devastation.
I feel sick to my stomach. #JusticeKavanaugh #KavanaughVote
— Nit'ir Qibe (@taylordimple1) October 6, 2018
If as to make sure we get the message these women’s screams are muffled as they get taken out and the men just keep going.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) October 6, 2018
That’s it. 🏛
It was nice knowing you Roe v. Wade and democracy. 50-48#KavanaughVote pic.twitter.com/fQqpQfrkL2— Jean Podrasky (@JeanPodrasky) October 6, 2018
The flames of hell are not hot enough for those 50 monsters. https://t.co/qFJwnsV7Lb
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) October 6, 2018
I guess the Voting Rights Act will never become fully restored #KavanaughVote
— Christian Johnson (@johnsoncp3j96) October 6, 2018
Wow I’m so disgusted with this vote today. 50-48. I’m so horrified on what is to come. #KavanaughVote
— Maya Rose (@MayaRose_IRL) October 6, 2018
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Kavanaugh literally confirmed over the shouts of women.
— Irin Carmon (@irin) October 6, 2018
We now have two sexual deviants on the Supreme Court #SCOTUS #KavanaughVote
— Theodora Moody (@tiarbrs) October 6, 2018
Hearing the list of senators who voted Yea to this nomination is like listening to a list of criminals who never got caught. #KavanaughVote
— Thais Writes (@ThaisMiller3) October 6, 2018
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I feel sick, just vomit sick. Women's voices are never heard and what it will take to hear them no one wants to see. #KavanaughVote
— Allshewrote (@SheWrote5) October 6, 2018
*hurls phone out the window*
— Taylor Trudon (@taylortrudon) October 6, 2018
Another rapist on the #SCOTUS.
We will not stop. We will not be civil. We will fight for our literal lives to our very last breaths. #BelieveSurvivors #VoteThemOut
— Shelby Knox (@ShelbyKnox) October 6, 2018
*whispers*
An illegitimate court still makes the fucking rules
— ⚓️Imani Two-Kitchens Gandy⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) October 6, 2018
I can't get over the cruelty of the whole #Kavanaugh process. The fact that the GOP demanded the public anguish of Dr. Blasey Ford and other survivors despite knowing full well they would never, ever take that testimony as evidence. It was a brutal, cynical flaunting of power.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) October 6, 2018
If seeing Brett Kavanaugh confirmed and Mitch McConnell smugly smiling isn’t enough to get you motivated for one month from today, November 6 – don’t know what will. #resist
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) October 6, 2018
Another shameful day – of many – for the USA.
– Defy, disobey and disrupt white supremacy and patriarchy at every turn
– Neither would have ended if #Kavanaugh was not confirmed
– Keep fighting#MakePatriarchyFearYou https://t.co/V7wV1EwP1D— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 6, 2018
Never forget the sounds of people screaming as they confirmed him.
— Crista Anne is Pro-Abortion (@pinkness) October 6, 2018
This vote wasn’t unexpected—we’ve known since at least October 5th that Kavanaugh had more than likely secured his place on the court. Still, seeing the decision—in black and white—is painful.
This process has been brutal, and today marks the culmination of a very painful chapter in American history. But it also marks the beginning of a new era—a majority conservative Supreme Court. Today, take care of yourselves, because tomorrow, we fight—all the way to the ballot box in November.
