Ayanna Pressley to introduce impeachment resolution against Brett Kavanaugh

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., will introduce an impeachment resolution against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh following a new report of sexual misconduct.

“I believe Christine Blasey Ford. I believe Deborah Ramirez. It is our responsibility to collectively affirm the dignity and humanity of survivors,” she said in a statement to Boston public radio station WBUR.

Pressley was referring to the two women who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during his contentious nomination process last October.

“Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” Pressley also said in her statement to WBUR. “We must demand justice for survivors and hold Kavanaugh accountable for his actions.”

Politico reported that the resolution will ask the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the possibility of impeachment.

Democratic leadership, though, seems to have little appetite for a fight over impeachment, and the resolution is unlikely to go anywhere.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the number-two Senate Democrat, told Politico on Monday that "We’ve got to get beyond this ‘impeachment is the answer to every problem.’ It’s not realistic."

"If that’s how we are identified in Congress, as the impeachment Congress, we run the risk that people will feel we’re ignoring the issues that mean a lot to them as families," he continued.

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