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I'm more concerned about how she over identifies with Christine Ford. She automatically believes Christine Ford and hates Kavanaugh, based upon her recent experience. It's as if I say "I don't believe Ford," to her it means I don't believe her. They are two different people and they are two different events. It appears to me she's experiencing victim identification to a degree that distorts her perspective.
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YES, this has been a very common reaction with a lot of women who experienced some kind of sexual abuse situation. They feel a connection with Ford and have a very hard time seeing beyond that connection with her and have been taking it very personal when they need to understand their own experience is actually separate from Ford's.
For myself, I have experienced sexual abuse/assault AND also being accused of doing something I never did. So I could empathize with both individuals. Your daughter has some "healing" to do, given what you have shared, it's understandable she would feel the way she does about this specific situation.