The White House is open to a second woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday.
The 21 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are already scheduled to hear publicly from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who alleged that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party 36 years ago.
But Sanders was asked whether the president wants Deborah Ramirez, who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, to appear before the panel too.
“Certainly we would be open to that, and that process could take place on Thursday,” Sanders told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “Again, the president’s been clear. Let them speak, but let’s also let Brett Kavanaugh speak and let’s let him tell his side of the story before we let allegations determine his entire future.”
Ramirez’s allegation against Kavanaugh surfaced Sunday when The New Yorker published an article in which she claimed Kavanaugh exposed himself, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it when she pushed him away during a party at Yale University in the 1983-1984 school year.
Kavanaugh has denied both Ford and Ramirez’s accusations.
After Ramirez spoke out about her allegation, several Senate Democrats, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, called for Thursday’s hearing to be postponed.
Sanders lambasted Senate Democrats on Tuesday, saying their actions are “absolutely shameful.”
“Multiple lives have been ruined,” she said. “Both families have been drug through the mud when they didn’t have to be.”
In a separate interview on Fox News, Sanders said she didn’t think Kavanaugh’s confirmation process should be delayed.
“I do think it’s unfair to continue to drag out the process and continue to put good people through the wringer for the sake of political games the Democrats want to play,” she said.
