'There's so much talk you can do, there's so many posters you can hang, so many social media posts you can do to support survivors, but that means nothing, nothing, unless you support them in real life.' 'It's been a lot of talk and not so much action,' she said. Prout, who noted that both senators had pushed legislation to support sexual assault survivors, said they were doing people like her an injustice with Delaney's appointment. New Hampshire's Democratic senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan who recommended Delaney also stood by the nomination. Delaney's full record into account when considering his nomination.' The White House remained steadfast with their decision telling the Boston Globe that it 'expects senators to take Mr. Prout first shed her anonymity in 2016 (pictured) during an interview with Savannah Guthrie on the Today show ![]() 'It just blows my mind that there isn't a better option.' 'It is really disheartening that it's this political party that has been so vocal about supporting survivors, and the fact that they now are throwing their wholehearted support behind a nominee who basically practiced victim intimidation tactics,' she said. 'To see this issue be brought up in a really public and noticeable way right when I was going through this issue personally, it felt like kismet, it felt like it was meant to be,' Prout said.ĭespite Biden's continued work on 'It's On Us' after the Obama administration Prout said his nomination of Delaney left her 'extremely disappointed.' The launch of the initiative in the wake of her own sexual assault empowered her she said adding that it 'felt like the tides were turning.' Prout told the outlet that Biden's history of fighting sexual violence against women, including active participation as vice president in an Obama administration program called 'It's On Us,' had once inspired her. 'I'm pretty jaded, even at the age of 24 but at the same time, I did have higher hopes for this White House.' 'I feel like bad actors get rewarded all the time,' she said of the nomination. In January, Biden tapped the former New Hampshire attorney general for a seat on the US First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.Īfter hearing about the news, Prout and her family alerted the Biden administration and New Hampshire senators to Delaney's actions, but the information fell on deaf ears. 'I am determined to have some sort of good, or some sort of change, come out of all the horrible things that have happened to me and my family,' she told the outlet. ![]() In the past year Prout, who turned to advocacy on behalf of sexual assault survivors, told the Boston Globe that she started to feel like coming forward had been worthwhile, until Biden appointed Delaney to be a federal judge. ![]() The move angered Prout so much she decided to go public with the story revealing her identity during an interview with Savannah Guthrie on the Today Show in 2016. Delaney has vehemently disagreed with Prout's claims saying that he was merely representing the elite New Hampshire boarding school and to look at his 30 plus career
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