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    In the elevator video, two rape survivors show how democracy works | Jill Abramson

    Anyone needing a lesson in how American democracy should work must watch Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher hold Jeff Flake to account
    by Jill Abramson Sep 28, 2018 3 minutes
    ‘It was thrilling to watch, not because a senator was being put on the spot but because this is what it means for citizens to hold power to account.’

    Truth spoke to power. And the US Senate finally listened.

    In the end, after a full day of official Senate hearings, all it took was two gutsy women, Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher, to stop the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. The two women, who said they were survivors of sexual assault, as Senator Jeff Flake, the critical swing vote on the Senate judiciary committee, was on his way to cast

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