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Originally Posted by DVaut1
I think that ship has sailed though, right? He's either Brett Kavanaugh the Circuit Judge and would-be rapist, or Brett Kavaugh the Supreme Court Justice and would-be rapist. He's not going become a feminist and join #TheResistance by withdrawing his nomination.
If he withdraws today (or any time before more **** comes out or there's additional testimony, I guess) I think, yeah, he'll be remembered in that way by those who remember him, but no one will really remember him so who cares.
We make one-off jokes about Harriet Miers being a moron from time to time (edit: I even spelled her name wrong the first time because who gives a **** about her), but 99.9% of Americans have either forgotten about her completely or didn't know who she was in the first place. I would expect a similar phenomenon here.
Also, if he actually is guilty of doing more rapey **** (likely), he knows that and it might be a better play to hold that appeals seat. If a bunch more stuff comes out, not only does he lose SCOTUS, he'll lose his appeals seat too.
**********I think it's pretty unlikely things play out this way, maybe like a 10% chance.