# Will Kavanaugh be affirmed - yes or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 28, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kavanaugh-be-affirmed-yes-or-no/822126 "2018-09-28T18:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 157
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kavanaugh-be-affirmed-yes-or-no/822126/157 "2018-10-01T23:17:47Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I dunno. The New Yorker talked to a bunch of people trying to get corroboration. Some might have been sympathetic to Kav. It’s possible one of those people called Kav and said “Hey a bunch of folks from the New Yorker are writing an article about you and they’re asking me about whether you flashed Ramirez Freshman year at Yale. What’s that all about?” I actually made a similar point in a different thread: > [@Can Democrats actually stop the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-democrats-actually-stop-the-nomination-of-brett-kavanaugh/820733/5529): > > While putting the New Yorker article together, they contacted every person they put in that dorm at that time. There are perfectly innocent ways for him to hear through the grapevine that that was happening. He could have said that’s how he heard about it. In fact, that is probably how he heard about it. He chose a different route. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kavanaugh-be-affirmed-yes-or-no/822126)._