Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday accused Democrats of applying “mob rule” to the first day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after Democrats interrupted the opening proceedings several times.

“This is the first confirmation hearing subject to mob rule,” Cornyn said after Democrats kept interrupting. “It’s hard to take it seriously when every single one of our colleagues in the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Democrats’ side have announced their opposition to this nomination even before today’s hearing.”