Protesters around the country have begun rallying Monday night to protest President Trump’s nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton planned protests outside Trump Tower in New York beginning at 8 p.m. Monday through the announcement.
WHAT: Protest, rally, and civil disobedience resisting Trump’s SCOTUS nominee and call on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats to hold the line at all costs
WHERE:Trump Tower
725 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022WHEN:Monday, July 9, 2018
8 p.m. pic.twitter.com/r5dhygpJY2— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 9, 2018
Outside of #TrumpTower just before Trump announces his #SCOTUS pick, calling on all Democrats to have the moral courage to stand against a divisive #SCOTUS nominee & protect the progress that we’ve made from being stripped away
#reclaimSCOTUS pic.twitter.com/VI2UQ18Xv9
— Jumaane Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) July 10, 2018
Protest at trump tower over president’s SCOTUS nominee #protest #resist # pic.twitter.com/HpA12ykkR9
— Ruschell Boone (@RuschellBoone) July 10, 2018
They printed these quickly. pic.twitter.com/PyjhxEMI6h
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) July 10, 2018
I’ll never forget the night Gorsuch was nominated and special interests were outside #SCOTUS passing out, I’m not kidding, *fill in the name* protest signs that they had to WRITE the name into.
It doesn’t matter WHO is picked tonight, they will act like it’s armageddon. pic.twitter.com/r8U03kBwIW
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) July 9, 2018
Outside the Supreme Court building protests began immediately after the announcement.
Protestors outside Supreme Court already chanting, “Kavanaugh has got to go”. pic.twitter.com/9v2nfSo8Bx
— Heather Graf (@ABC7HeatherGraf) July 10, 2018
SCOTUS protests have broken out after Trump just announced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee. https://t.co/63dSPiivsO
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 10, 2018
While the majority of protesters are from the Left, some reporters are seeing backlash from those on both sides of the abortion debate.
Protesters on both sides of the abortion debate, though a higher proportion defending reproductive rights, gathered outside the Supreme Court the night President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh. #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/Oy0NG2LolQ
— Kimberly Leonard (@leonardkl) July 10, 2018
