Here is a sprinkling of remarks from callers, followed by a link to the clips collected by BuzzFeed News.
• As a victim of sexual assaults that occurred 45, 35, and then again 30 years ago, I could not begin to tell you the dates or exact locations of any of those assaults. I do not even remember the names of two of my abusers. I, however, will NEVER forget the details of the pain, confusion, fear, shame, or physical nausea I experienced during the assaults and during the many years following them. F*** you for being so ignorant, insensitive, and incompetent. YOU feel ambushed??? F*** you again. How in the hell do you think Dr. Ford felt when she was fearing for her life?
• This could be my statement. 3 assaults in my life. Well actually more because it happened by the same boy several times when I was 4, yes FOUR years old.
• I can’t bring myself, yet, to post the sexual assaults that happened to me but Lindsey Graham put me over the edge today. So many women (and men too) have been reliving their sexual assaults over the last few weeks as well. So many tears.
• ALL Men, politics aside, who covertly or overtly, support this ignorance need to do u.s a favor and NEVER serve in ANY leadership position...elected or otherwise.
• Graham seems to be a common southern bigot... who genuinely believes that America is best when old bigoted white men run it. Sadly, his kind are aligned with evangelicals like Franklin Graham! Smdh
[Edit note: Duplicate cameos follow because I don't know enough about coding to eliminate the duplicates. I think the BuzzFeed link brings the videos so when I copied the embed code duplicates were made. It's a tech problem but and I'm just an amateur. Sorry. The content is what's important. JB]
BuzzFeed News:
People Called And Told Their Own Sexual Assault Stories During Ford’s And Kavanaugh’s Testimonies And It Was Powerful
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Brenda from Missouri calls C-SPAN— CSPAN (@cspan) September 27, 2018
"I'm a 76-year-old woman who was sexually molested in 2nd grade. This brings back so much pain. Thought I was over it but it's not. You will never forget it. You get confused & you don't understand it but you never forget what happened to you." pic.twitter.com/uCgroeQ4B5
Jody Lynn says she was raped by her boyfriend's dad and then her own father.— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) September 27, 2018
"I really do remember my dad at all. He said don't tell your mom. From that point on I did not remember. You blocked it out. I blocked it totally...you suppress this stuff just like this lady says" pic.twitter.com/g5SoEpnIq7
Michelle, 53, says her best friend's brother sexually assaulted her during a sleepover when she was 12 but she was too afraid to say anything because she loved "the family a lot."— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) September 27, 2018
She says her daughter was abused by her ballet teacher and was also afraid to say anything pic.twitter.com/YtCqOZMPhA
Hillary: "I was in college. I was at a party. And I didn't know that someone there was continuing to keep spiking my drink...I stumbled out of the building and found me and violently attacked me. I got away. I was able to fight him, but it was a horrible incident" pic.twitter.com/DeU5iijy24— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) September 27, 2018
Jessica: "I was sexually assaulted when I was 19 in college" pic.twitter.com/ImFTLxNB9A— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) September 27, 2018
Linda: "I was sexually assaulted from the age of 4 to 10 years old by my stepdad... I didn't tell because I was afraid because he had a gun and he told me he would kill the whole family" pic.twitter.com/UdfPlJnv45— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) September 27, 2018
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