The opening minutes of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee descended into chaos, as numerous demonstrators protested his nomination and called for the members of the committee to oppose his nomination.
“Be a hero and cancel this hearing,” one woman holding a T-shirt with the words “Be a Hero” began shouting in the first few minutes of Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
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Capitol Police officers removed at least six women from the hearing room as they shouted, calling for senators to vote no on his nomination and cancel the hearing.
Another woman held up a T-shirt with images of her small child and warned that if Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, he would “overturn her future.”
Protesters raised issues including abortion, LGBT rights, and healthcare, and protested the process for the release of documents from Kavanaugh’s time working in the White House for then-President George W. Bush.
“If you vote for Brett Kavanaugh, we will replace you,” another woman yelled.
One protester criticized President Trump and claimed he could not make an appointment to the Supreme Court
“An illegitimate president cannot make a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court,” the woman yelled, saying the hearing should be an “impeachment proceeding.”
Several protesters could be held yelling after they left the hearing room.
In addition to the protesters in the audience, a host of Senate Democrats on the panel urged Grassley to postpone the proceedings, citing the release Monday of 42,000 pages of documents from Kavanaugh’s tenure in the White House.
Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., among others, urged Grassley to delay the hearing in the wake of the document release.
Blumenthal moved to adjourn the hearing.
