“I’m a victim of sexual assault,” President Trump’s adviser told CNN on Sunday. Conway and anchor Jake Tapper were discussing the political edges of sexual assault allegations against Brett M. Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court nominee’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape,” Conway said during the interview on “State of the Union.”Then she paused and made her personal revelation. [Partisan rage over Kavanaugh allegations erupts into midterm campaigns]She said that perpetrators should bear the responsibility for their actions but that conservatives have become targets for political score-settling. Conway said the women making the allegations should be heard through the criminal justice system but not through partisan avenues.

Source: Washington Post September 30, 2018 14:35 UTC