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Don’t blame Brett Kavanaugh for not shaking Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg’s hand

By Tom Rogan

Published September 4, 2018 9:00pm ET

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Don’t blame Brett Kavanaugh for not shaking Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg’s hand — White House counsel Don McGahn, second from right, watches as Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, attempts to shake hands with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, right, as he leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

While Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should shake hands with Fred Guttenberg, he was right not to shake Guttenberg’s hand when the latter surprised him on Tuesday. Guttenberg, the father of a victim who was killed in the Parkland school massacre in February, tweeted that Kavanaugh had disrespected him.

[More: White House defends Brett Kavanaugh after run-in with father of Parkland shooting victim]

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