What are the responses to the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh?

The timing of the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh is deliberate

Question: What are the responses to the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh?
Position‹5 of 5: The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are an elaborate plot from the Democrats to stop the nomination
Argument: The timing of the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh is deliberate

These allegations could have surfaced at any time in the process, but they came at the eleventh hour.

The argument

The sexual assault allegations are part of the Democrat’s smear campaign to prevent Kavanaugh’s nomination. Senator Dianne Feinstein received the letter approximately two months before Ford’s claims were revealed publicly. Feinstein deliberately waited until after the final hearing until she released the information. She wanted to do the maximum damage, thereby causing a delay in the nomination process. The Democrats want to delay the vote until after the November midterm elections. This gives them the chance to win back the House and Senate, which they can use to win the vote to reject Kavanaugh’s nomination. It is all a ploy to prompt an FBI investigation and delay the nomination indefinitely.

Context

Democrats were on a mission to sink Kavanaugh’s nomination as soon as Trump announced his choice for Kennedy’s replacement. All 10 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee immediately pledged to vote no.

Premises

[P1]Senator Feinstein received Ford's letter roughly two months before the allegations were made public. [P2] On this view she deliberately held it until after the final hearing to do maximum damage and delay the nomination. [P3] The aim is said to be delaying the vote past the November midterms so Democrats could win Congress and reject Kavanaugh, prompting an FBI investigation to stall indefinitely. [C] Therefore, because the timing of the allegations is deliberate, they are an elaborate plot from the Democrats to stop the nomination.

Counter-arguments

Dianne Feinstein did not delay the release of the information. In Ford’s original letter to the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford requested confidentially. Feinstein could not publicly reveal Ford’s name with the allegations. Details about the assault emerged in September, however, initially Ford wanted to remain anonymous. She reportedly did so out of fear of the disruption it would have on her life. However, when Republicans began attacking the credibility of the report, given the anonymous source, she decided to publicly reveal her identity.

Rejecting the premises

The timing of the revelations was not dictated by the Democrats.

Proponents cited

Mitch McConnell
“Feinstein chose to keep the information secret”
Ben Carson
“They don't see themselves as being able to control the courts for another generation, so what is left? Chaos and destruction”
John Cornyn
“If Democrats reject the committee handling this swiftly and in a bipartisan way through regular order, then it's clear that their only intention is to smear Judge Kavanaugh and derail his nomination”
Donald Trump
“This is something that should've been brought up long before this”
Kellyann Conway
“This is hyperpartisanship, haughty, hypocritical, hapless Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee who the president is absolutely right, is here to destroy a man”
Chuck Grassley
“Senator Feinstein, on the other hand, has had this information for many weeks and deprived her colleagues of the information necessary to do our jobs.”