Kavanaugh’s Accuser Is On GoFundMe. No, I’m Not Kidding.

I can’t.

I cannot.

Yes. It’s real.

Dr. Blasey?

That’s Christine Blasey Ford.

As of writing this, the campaign already met their goal of $100,000. In fact, they’ve exceeded it. No telling how much she’ll rack up.

So, WHY does she need money? Security.

Due to death threats, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford (who uses “Dr. Blasey” professionally)  and her family have had to leave their residence and arrange for private security. Let’s create a fund to cover her security expenses, to do just a bit to make it easier for women in her position to come forward despite great risks. If we raise more than Dr. Blasey needs,  extra funds will go to women’s organizations and/or into an account to cover similar costs incurred in comparable situations.

I do not know Dr. Blasey personally but will contact her via her former high school, Holton Arms, to inform her of this fundraising appeal and to make arrangements to transfer funds to Dr.  Blasey.

I am a professor of law at Georgetown University who has raised money formally and informally for other causes over the years. My reason for starting this fundraiser is to make concrete the power of collective action in providing security, and therefore support, for Dr. Blasey’s willingness to contribute to a thorough, fair vetting of a nominee for Supreme Court Justice.

Just…wow.

I’ll be the first to advocate for the immense good GoFundMe has done. Families with sick kids, awful unexpected accidents… there are THOUSANDS of good causes on the website.

Things like THIS give it all a bad name.