survivors like myself who are saying we want to support something that s going to protect the people coming in. so we have to do something that the data is showing that what they ve been doing in the past has not worked. they can say what they want to about, you know, projections and all of that, but at the end of the day, we know that what they have been doing for the last 50, 60, 70, 100 years has not worked. and you have to do something different. specialist mccoy, a lot of senators have their tvs on cnn during the day. what is your message to those people who voted against the legislation? talk to them right now. you know, i d almost want to go to the christmas carol scrooged and say that the ghosts of the women and men from the past, the present and the future would visit them and maybe lean on their consciences about the way they decided to vote. former army specialist bridgette mccoy, thank you so much. we appreciate the time and courage it takes to talk about these issues
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these cases highlight what chuck hagel recently called a stain on the honor of millions of military men and women. it s also why new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand pushed hard to pass a bill that would let military lawyers instead of commanders to handle sex assault cases. the belief is it makes victims less likely to come forward. but the bill failed to get the votes it needed to avoid a filibuster this week with some republicans and democrats insisting it would cause more harm than good to take these cases outside the chain of command. the argument was posed its victims versus commander, whose side are you on? and it s not that simple. and if you take the time to really get into the complexities of the military justice system and how these cases are handled, i m confident that the choice the senate made today is the right one for victims of sexual assault in the military. that was claire mccaskill of missouri. live from atlanta is former army
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specialist bridgette mccoy. and she s a rape survivor who says the senate got it all wrong. specialist mccoy, thanks so much for joining us. i appreciate the courage it must take to talk about these things on television. your story is horrific. you were abused not once but twice during your time in the military. tell us what happened. two separate times, basically, i was sexually assaulted by senior enlisted male soldiers in my unit who had direct responsibility that had to report to. at the time, i did not report those two incidences. i was transferred to another duty station. it was fine, i didn t have any challenges from that point forward with any sexual assault or harassment. they moved me back to the unit that i was originally at and the sexual harassment began. and when i reported that to my commanding officer and wrote a written report and stood in
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