Capitol Police: 70 Demonstrators Arrested During Kavanaugh Hearing

Seventy people were arrested during Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s first day of confirmation hearings Tuesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Capitol Police. Sixty-one were taken out of the hearing room itself, the Capitol Police said, and nine more were taken out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for “unlawful demonstration activities.”

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  1. Really
    Excellent
    Sight
    It’s
    So
    Terrific
    !

    I wonder if there is a go fund me for their legal bulls?

  2. “There will always be a taint, always be an asterisk next to your name.”
    — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, to Brett Kavanaugh

    “Finally,” Associate Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sighed. “Now I know how George W. Bush felt when Trump was elected.”


    I hope they all demand a jury trial.

  3. Capitol Police: 70 Demonstrators Patriots Arrested During Kavanaugh Hearing

    FIFY!

  4. Must be a typo, TPM. It should be at least 70,000…

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