A Closer Look At Christine Blasey Ford Who Moved 3,000 Miles For A New Life

[appalachiablue]

- Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Moved 3,000 Miles To Reinvent Her life. It wasn’t far enough. - Washington Post, Sept. 22, 2018.

When Donald Trump won his upset presidential victory in 2016, Christine Blasey Ford’s thoughts quickly turned to a name most Americans had never heard of but one that had unsettled her for years: Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh- a judge on the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia — was among those mentioned as a possible replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016. When Trump nominated Neil M. Gorsuch, Ford was relieved but still uneasy.

Then Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement and Ford, 51, began fretting again. “Her mind-set was, ‘I’ve got this terrible secret. . . .What am I going to do with this secret?’ ” her husband, Russell Ford, 56, recalled.

To many, Kavanaugh was a respected jurist. To her, he was the teenager who had attacked her when they were in high school.

Ford had already moved 3,000 miles away from the affluent Maryland suburbs where she says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a house party — a charge he would emphatically deny. Suddenly, living in California didn’t seem far enough. Maybe another hemisphere would be. She went online to research other democracies where her family might settle, including New Zealand.

“She was like, ‘I can’t deal with this. If he becomes the nominee, then I’m moving to another country. I cannot live in this country if he’s in the Supreme Court,’ ” her husband said. “She wanted out.”

..On the day that Ford publicly identified herself as Kavanaugh’s accuser in an interview with The Washington Post, her husband was driving their 15-year-old son and his friends from a soccer tournament in Lake Tahoe. He couldn’t answer the calls that were blowing up his phone; by the time they reached home, a crowd of reporters was waiting. - More...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey-ford-moved-3000-miles-to-reinvent-her-life-it-wasn%e2%80%99t-far-enough/ar-AAAtFVi

[MaryMagdaline]

1. Thank you for posting

Interesting read. I feel for her and her family.

[appalachiablue]

2. She knew instinctively to leave the DC area to study, work

and build a new life and this article provided a better picture of her life path. A courageous, smart woman, I think Blasey can get through this experience with the support of her family and community.

[FirstLight]

3. Well written article

I sincerely believe these white privileged men are messing with the wrong woman. She knows their type, and the culture of politics and power...and also knows how to beat it. She managed to reinvent herself and advocate for others in a way that was never for show, but for the benefit of those who experienced the trauma, and for herself and her own healing.

She's done the work, tenthousandfold...she has studied this type of trauma for decades...do these assholes think they are gonna intimidate her?
I can't wait for her to hold the mirror up and show them for the little pricks they all are.

[Upthevibe]

4. Thank you for posting this...

I read it and it gives excellent insight into who this brave woman is.....

[appalachiablue]

5. For sure. Now I know more about this remarkable woman.