The sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee are currently killing the Republican Party — and it’s not just because people are standing with his accusers and have chosen to delay Kavanaugh’s vote so that the FBI can do some investigating. It’s because the courage of Kavanaugh’s accusers is actually allowing other women who have suffered sexual assault to find their voices and call their attackers out.
Yet another bombshell was dropped on the Republican Party yesterday by a woman who was inspired by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Kavanaugh. Candace Faber, a woman living in Seattle, has publicly accused state Sen. Joe Fain (R) of raping her on the night of her college graduation. Faber stated that she was “done being silent” as she called Fain out on Twitter:
So okay, let’s do it. @senatorfain, you raped me the night I graduated from Georgetown in 2007. Then you had the audacity to ask me to support your campaign.”
So okay, let’s do it. @senatorfain, you raped me the night I graduated from Georgetown in 2007. Then you had the audacity to ask me to support your campaign. I’ve been terrified of running into you since moving home and seeing your name everywhere.
I’m done being silent.
— Candace Faber (@candacefaber) September 27, 2018
It’s really no wonder that Trump and Republicans are such rape apologists — because they’re being outed left and right for their own guilty behavior in sexually assaulting women. To make matters worse for the GOP, Faber has also written a Medium post to respond to media inquiries explaining why she’s telling her story now. She wrote on Thursday:
Today I watched as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Like many survivors, I was inspired by Dr. Ford’s courage.”
Faber has spoken up about having been raped by a Washington state legislator before, but she never named her attacker. In those posts, Faber spoke about the kissing and drinking between her and her attacker being consensual, until they went back to his hotel room. Then, Fabor wrote that Fain pulled her dress down “so hard the straps tore” and even though she told him to stop several times and even pushed him off, he eventually forced her. In a post on September 28th, Faber wrote:
Until recently, I withheld my rapist’s name, even in private conversations. I hoped that I could help change the culture of sexual assault without needing to say his name. I no longer believe that to be the case. We cannot heal without accountability.”
Of course, Fain is denying the allegations. As the youngest elected member of Washington’s legislature and a key figure on three major Senate Committees, he stands to lose a lot over these allegations.
However, Fain, Trump, and the GOP should be terrified of the strength women are finding in telling their stories and sharing their pain. Thanks to Kavanaugh’s accusers, we can only expect more women to drain the swamp that is the Republican Party.
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