The hero Christine Blasey Ford

In testifying about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Ford was an extraordinarily brave and compelling witness

Christine Blasey Ford.
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Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, for the first time publicly attesting to the details of her alleged assault at the hands of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were in high school.

Ford was an extraordinarily compelling witness, and reports poured in of people watching her testimony with rapt attention across the country. Her quiet dignity, poise, and grace made a heroic counterpoint to the grotesque immorality of the Republican Party trying to ram Kavanaugh through the Senate before momentum is lost.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.