TODAY: Sexual Assault Survivors Protest Outside GOP Senate Offices in TX, ME, IA, CO, AZ and NV Demanding Kavanaugh Withdraw His Nomination for Supreme Court
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Monday, September 24th, 2018
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TODAY: Sexual Assault Survivors Protest Outside GOP Senate Offices in TX, ME, IA, CO, AZ and NV Demanding Kavanaugh Withdraw His Nomination for Supreme Court
Protestors Tell Senators Collins, Grassley, Cruz, Flake, Gardner, and Heller: A Sexual Predator Does Not Belong on the Supreme Court
Today, Monday, September 24th, survivors of sexual assault will rally outside the in-district offices of Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), to share their stories, support Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, and demand that the Senators call for Brett Kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination for the Supreme Court.
Sexual assault survivors and members of the women’s rights group UltraViolet Action will urge the Republican Senators to believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez and reject Kavanaugh, arguing that a sexual predator does not belong in any position of power, let alone on the highest court in the nation.
Rally outside Senator Collins’ Portland Office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Collins’ Portland office, Canal Plz, Portland, ME 04101
LOCAL CONTACT: Geeta Ramini, 207-317-0145
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Grassley’s Des Moines Office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 11:00 am (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Grassley’s Des Moines office, 210 Walnut St, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
LOCAL CONTACT: Peggy Schmitt, 515-975-0771
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Cruz’s Dallas office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Cruz’s Dallas office, 3626 N. Hall St., Dallas, TX 75219
LOCAL CONTACT: Mia Muric, 817-901-6181
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Cruz’s Austin Office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Cruz’s Austin office, 300 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
LOCAL CONTACT: Carol Abbassi, 512.733.4193
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Flake’s Tucson Office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Flake’s Tucson office, 6840 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704
LOCAL CONTACT: Dlyn Parra, 520-891-3400
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Heller’s Reno Office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Heller’s Reno office, 400 S Virginia St, Reno, Nevada 89501
LOCAL CONTACT: Autumn Zemke, 206-218-9435
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
Rally outside Senator Gardner’s Denver office
WHEN: Monday, September 24th, 11:00 am (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Gardner’s Denver office, 721 19th St., Denver, CO 80202
LOCAL CONTACT: Katie Farnan, 330-327-4920
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/
“We believe Deborah Ramirez. We believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Brett Kavanaugh is a sexual predator and must withdraw his nomination for the Supreme Court,” explained Shaunna Thomas, Executive Director and Co-Founder of UltraViolet Action, a leading national women’s group. “Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez have demonstrated tremendous courage in coming forward and sharing their stories of how Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted them. Ramirez’s story is yet more proof that Kavanaugh should have already withdrawn his nomination and his wholly disqualified from holding any office in government, let alone one on the highest court in the country. Now is the time for Republicans in the Senate to make it clear that they believe women and find violence against women wholly unacceptable demanding Kavanaugh withdraw his nomination immediately. Anything less is a betrayal of women—one that voters will remember this November.”
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