Whitmer on believing Biden but not Kavanaugh: Not every sexual assault claim is ‘equal’

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she did not give Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh the presumption of innocence when he was accused of sexual assault because not all allegations are “equal.”

“We need to give people an opportunity to tell their story. But then we have a duty to vet it. And just because you’re a survivor doesn’t mean that every claim is equal,” Whitmer, a sexual assault survivor, told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.

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