The suggestion by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Wednesday that the protestors who disrupted the first day of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings were following the lead of the interrupting Democratic senators drew even more protests from members of the public.
“We are not working with the Democrats. We are working for ourselves,” one protestors, who was in a wheelchair, said while security removed her from the room.
Grassley had kicked off the second day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings by noting that Senate Democrats interrupted the Tuesday’s proceedings 63 times before lunch and that 70 protestors were arrested. He said the arrested protestors were following the lead of the Dem senators.
This started a new wave of protestors, with some of demonstrators rebuking Grassley’s claim specifically. Others just yelled more generic protests of Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
“Sham president, sham justice,” one protestor yelled.
“Grassley …said the arrested protestors were following the lead of the Dem senators.”
Because the possibility that the Dem senators maybe–just MAYBE–were representing the interests of most Americans never occurred to him.
Grassley’s shocked – shocked!!!11!!1 – at the display of displeasure of American citizens.
Grassley says that Democrats who block the president’s agenda are bad people.
Grassley doesn’t want us to remember that on 1/20/2009, the Republicans committed to block Obama on everything.
I like the “Sham President, Sham Justice” taunt. We need to stick to this line. Let it sink in while Trump is brought down as a traitor to our country. I am proud of the protesters and of our Democratic Senators. They may not be able to stop Kavanaugh from getting on the SC but they can dirty him up and turn the public against him. We will see what can be done once Trump and Co are prosecuted for their crimes against the USA.