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Astoria woman confronts Flake over Kavanaugh vote
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
adomenech@qns.com
@AODNewz
A viral video shows an Astoria woman
and sexual assault survivor confronting
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake just before
he and the Senate Judiciary Committee
were set to vote on moving forward the
nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the
Supreme Court.
Th e Republican senator, considered a
key swing vote, was stopped during a
CNN live shot on his way to the Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing this morning.
One of the women was Astoria’s own
Ana Maria Archila Gualy, the co-executive
director of the Center for Popular
Democracy. Both women, who say they
have experienced sexual assault, condemned
Flake for his purported disregard
for the pain and suff ering of women.
“Look at me when I’m talking to you.
You’re telling me that my assault doesn’t
matter. Th at what happened to me doesn’t
matter. Th at you’re going to let people
who do those things into power,” said the
second woman as Archila used her foot to
hold the elevator.
In the video, Flake could not look either
woman in the eye and stood still in the
corner of the elevator as his staff asked
for security.
“You are allowing someone who is
unwilling to take responsibility
for his actions to sit in the
highest court of country,” said
Archila in a shaking voice. “Do
you think he is able to hold the
pain of this country and repair
it? Th at is the work of justice.”
As the elevator door started to
close on Archila, Flake responded
by saying thank you.
“I need to go to the hearing,”
Flake then told reporters. “I just
issued a statement. I’ll be saying
more as well.”
Kavanaugh has been accused
by Christine Blasey Ford of sexually
assaulting her in high school
in the early 1980s. Two other
women have also come out to
say that the potential Supreme
Court Judge assaulted them.
The Senate Judiciary
Committee voted along
party lines, 11-10, to advance
Kavanaugh’s nomination
to the full Senate for a vote.
However, at Flake’s request, the
Republican leadership agreed
to delay a fl oor vote for no
more than a week to allow the
FBI to investigate the sexual
assault claims against the
Supreme Court nominee.
Among those praising Archila Gualy
for her actions was City Councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer.
"So proud of Ana Maria Archila Gualy
of #Astoria, #Queens who was one of
two women in that elevator calling out
Screenshot of CNN via Twitter/@JimmyVanBramer
@Jeff Flake this morning," Van Bramer
tweeted on Sept. 28. "Such a powerful
moment. Talk about #QueensValues."
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