Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, said Sunday that she was a victim of sexual assault and that the Supreme Court confirmation proceedings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh should not become a broader “meeting” of the #MeToo movement, suggesting instead that victims hold their assailants directly accountable. Article Continued Below“I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape,” Conway said. “I’m a victim of sexual assault,” she said. Article Continued Below“Don’t conflate that with this and certainly don’t conflate that with what happened to me,” Conway responded. Conway said that all victims of sexual assault should be heard in courts of law and in criminal or civil proceedings.

Source: thestar September 30, 2018 18:56 UTC