UPDATED: Kavanaugh Ignores Handshake From Father Of Parkland Victim

[DonViejo]

Last edited Tue Sep 4, 2018, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Nicole Lafond

September 4, 2018 2:38 pm

After being approached with a handshake by Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg, one of 17 people killed in the shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February, Brett Kavanaugh appeared to ignore the gesture and walk away, videos and photos show.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Fred Guttenberg (L), father of Parkland, Florida, shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg, tries to speak with Judge Brett Kavanaugh as he leaves for a break during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 4, 2018. – President Donald Trump’s newest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face punishing questioning from Democrats this week over his endorsement of presidential immunity and his opposition to abortion. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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UPDATE:

Parkland Dad corrects Sarah Sanders for issuing ‘incorrect’ White House statement on Kavanaugh handshake refusal

BOB BRIGHAM
04 SEP 2018 AT 17:02 ET

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Kavanaugh shunned Guttenberg’s attempted handshake.

“Just walked up to Judge Kavanaugh as morning session ended,” Guttenberg tweeted. “Put out my hand to introduce myself as Jaime Guttenberg’s dad. He pulled his hand back, turned his back to me and walked away. I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence.”

White House Principal Press Secretary Raj Shaw disputed Guttenberg’s account.

“As Judge Kavanaugh left for his lunch break, an unidentified individual approached him. Before the Judge was able to shake his hand, security had intervened,” Shaw claimed.

“Incorrect,” Guttenberg replied. “I was here all day and introduced by Senator Feinstein. No security involved.”

“He turned and walked away,” he added.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/parkland-dad-corrects-sarah-sanders-issuing-incorrect-white-house-statement-kavanaugh-handshake-refusal/

[pangaia]

1. And the look on KKK's face...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Working hard to preserve his bubble. . . . nt

[skylucy]

2. OMG. That should tell us all about Kavanaugh's character. Is he taking

lessons from Trump on how to be small, petty and deplorable?

[C_U_L8R]

3. Heinous

This guy doesn't deserve to be a judge at all

[Stuart G]

4. Maybe that asshole will not get approved because of that picture.. k and r.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. In all fairness,

Kavanaugh doesn't know what's on the mind of someone who walks up to him at this hearing. I think I'd head off in the opposite direction too.

[murielm99]

10. You do have a point.

But security knows this man. They let him in.

[Igel]

18. That one man was the entirety of security?

Otherwise there's no "security" just a bunch of people who serve as security. I can't expect them to have exchanged pictures and backgrounds among themselves for instant memorization of all those who attended.

One person let him in.

The man went up to Kavanaugh. Why? There's a question. But Kavanaugh was apparently called to because he turned around. He stopped. He looked at the man and I didn't see his expression change from "who are you and why are you bothering me?" Perhaps he believed what the man said; perhaps not. Perhaps he thought there was some political point to be made and didn't know what to make of it; perhaps not. If I were him I'd have expected a harangue or argument, not just a quick handshake; in other words, a situation which, once entered into, would have to end badly. Of course, ending the situation early would also end badly. In Russian this would have been called a "provokatsiya"; in this case, something like a photo op but one that served a political point for those opposing you. It would have had to end badly because for it to go otherwise Kavanaugh would have had to commit to the father's agenda, and that would constitute bias on the part of the judge or, later, been interpreted as hypocrisy. Again, lose/lose, catch-22.

Nonetheless, the few-second non-exchange was ended when a security person intervened. So while the Parkland father may have been there all day, the exchange was, indeed, interrupted by either security or a handler or a two-in-one person. Kavanaugh could have overridden his security, no doubt, but probably had other things to do.

[murielm99]

20. See this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211092601

[DeminPennswoods]

25. Reported that Sen Feinstein noted his presence from

her committee hearing seat.

[joshcryer]

23. Kavanaugh looks quite taken aback in that picture.

I wouldn't blame him tbh, he knows that he's the most sleazy nomination in ages, and he knows that it's all cronyism. His last appointment was rife with the same crap.

But he'll get the seat pretty effortlessly. He's quite literally a perfect candidate as far as qualifications are concerned.

[StarryNite]

6. What a filthy piece of trash!

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Wow,think of the Political Campaign Ads

one could make with these Optics. Bring it baby,you just screwed yourself and you Buddies to no end.

[Achilleaze]

8. low (R)

republican family values strike again

[murielm99]

9. Kavanaugh has the same look on his face

that I have often seen on Cohen, trump's former attorney. It is a guilty look.

[gopiscrap]

11. typical republican shit stain on the hemmorhoid of humanity

[BigmanPigman]

12. That's Rosenstein leading Kavanaugh away from the father's hand!

[The Liberal Lion]

13. Only further proof of what kind of vile filth we have that calls itself our government these days

and exactly how this vile filth views the everyday American.

[Mc Mike]

14. He was very busy fumbling with his suit button.

[Gothmog]

15. Parkland Dad @fred_guttenberg corrects Sarah Sanders for issuing 'incorrect' White House statement

Link to tweet

[jeffreyi]

16. What a dick.

[Gothmog]

17. The video of this incident is horrible

Link to tweet

[Corgigal]

19. Wow, this asshole is a parent?

Cares about the unborn, but a murdered teenaged girl. No such empathy.

[ailsagirl]

21. I missed this entirely-- thanks for posting

(a picture is definitely worth a thousand words!!!!)

What a wretch

[peekaloo]

22. Not a Republican Senator

so better to finger his button hole

[liberal N proud]

26. The look on his face was that of contempt

[duforsure]

27. I think he's been corrupted

And this Supreme Court scam is about to come to a head if he's exposed for any dirty money he's taken from russia's putin. That may be why they are hiding so much of his stuff now. If cheeto picked him , its for a clear reason why, is he's under putin's control ?

[watoos]

28. Actually

I read where the NRA spent a boat load of money pushing for Kavanaugh. They should be proud of him.