Why Alaska Natives pushed Sen. Lisa Murkowski to say no to Brett Kavanaugh

[TomSea]

Why Alaska Natives pushed Sen. Lisa Murkowski to say no to Brett Kavanaugh
Umair Irfan

Even before the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emerged, Alaska Native groups were pressuring Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a key swing vote, to reject his nomination. “She heard our concerns about Judge Kavanaugh’s record on the constitutional rights of Native peoples,” the Alaska Federation of Natives, a powerful lobbying bloc representing 186 federally recognized tribes in Alaska, wrote in a press release on Friday.

And after Christine Blasey Ford came forward with her accusation that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in the 1980s, some indigenous Alaskans redoubled their opposition.

Alaska’s indigenous tribes are an indispensable base for Murkowski, helping her win a write-in campaign for Senate in 2010 after she lost the Republican primary. And the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh raised new alarm among many members. Alaska has the highest rate of sexual assault in the United States, more than double the national average. About half of assault victims are Natives.

Read more at: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/5/17942486/kavanaugh-murkowski-alaska-natives

Imagine that, search out the information wherever it is from. The above sounds plausible, makes sense.

[goatprairie]

So because indigenous people of Alaska have problems with sexual assault, somehow baseless charges against Kavanaugh make him unfit for the SC?
Lunacy. Screwball reasoning.   

[Free Vulcan]

So you wonder if Crazy Mazie went off on that issue in the hearings as an indirect play for Murkcow's vote, or provide her cover?

[TomSea]

So because indigenous people of Alaska have problems with sexual assault, somehow baseless charges against Kavanaugh make him unfit for the SC?
Lunacy. Screwball reasoning.   

That's not the whole story, the Native Americans were against the nominee before for alleged bias in Kavanaugh's rulings and then, according to the article, the alleged assault re-energized their opposition.