Sen. Doug Jones wishes his fellow Democrats mentioned the Kavanaugh #MeToo allegation sooner

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) on CNN

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) — who won his seat in a special election against Republican Roy Moore, who was credibly accused of sexual misconduct toward multiple women and girls as young as 14 — does not expect the anonymous sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh to derail his Supreme Court confirmation.

Speaking on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Jones told host Jake Tapper he thinks Kavanaugh's nomination process will proceed. "There's really not much that can be done," he said, "unless this person comes forward, and you can see this and talk to the person who wrote that letter."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.