There’s nothing a millennial loves more than a new and exciting cause to rally behind, with the most recent movement being the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his alleged actions of sexual misconduct. After Kavanaugh was nominated for the open Supreme Court Justice slot, several women, most notably Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, came forward with allegations that thirty years prior, Kavanaugh sexually and physically assaulted her while they were attending a high school party.
Kavanaugh has gone on record multiple times denying these claims, insisting that he “never sexually assaulted anyone! Not in high school, not in college, not ever!” In the days following this hearing, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to request another supplemental FBI investigation, in hopes of shedding light on any remaining allegations. On Thursday, the FBI submitted their report to the Senate for review and after ample overview of the findings, they would make their decisions as to whether the committee would like to proceed with voting on Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
On Thursday, while the Senate Judiciary Committee was analyzing the data gathered from the FBI report, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington DC., near Capitol Hill. Among the protesters holding Thursday’s #CancelKavanaugh protest, several celebrities joined in support. Two celebrities, in particular, Comedian Amy Schumer and model-actress Emily Ratajkowski, along with 300 other protesters, were arrested.
Following her arrest, Emily Ratajkowski tweeted her response:
“Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power.
-Emily Ratajkowksi (@emrata)
In a video tweeted out by journalist Benny Johnson, Schumer appears to proudly say, “Yes!” when a police officer asked if she wanted to be arrested. For your own personal knowledge, Amy Schumer is the sister of Senate Minority Leader, and outward despiser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer.
In response to his sister’s detainment, Schumer said “no matter how this goes, they cannot keep us down…We will win. A vote for Kavanaugh is a vote saying women don’t matter.”
Johnson, having witnessed the entire scene, reported that the event was over-dramatized. He explained that “Schumer and Ratajkowski were chatting with the police officers and dancing before they were led away” and that the two celebrities showed no sign of upset that they were being detained.
Fox News sources, late Thursday afternoon, “Capitol police began arresting hundreds of protesters who had made their way into the Senate building.” They were chanting “Kavanaugh has got to go,” at the top of their “20-something, I make my own kombucha and wear culottes” lungs.
This doesn’t surprise me at all. Attending a protest as large-scale as this is great marketing for anyone, even more so individuals like Schumer and Ratajkowski. I digress, it does not matter whether you are rich and famous or not, I support our 1st amendment right to peacefully assemble.
Senator Schumer (D-NY) has said, throughout the Supreme Court nomination process, that he believes Judge Kavanaugh has exhibited behavior that is overly partisan and dishonest. He has gone on record in saying that:
“Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony was better suited for Fox News than a confirmation hearing for the august United States Supreme Court,” said Schumer, citing the portion of Kavanaugh’s statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee that claimed sexual assault allegations were a Democratic conspiracy designed to get revenge “on behalf of the Clintons.”
Senator Chuck Schumer also pointed out that Kavanaugh’s experience with judicial proceedings is replete with “the most partisan legal causes” in recent years.” Most importantly Senator Schumer posited that if we are indecisive as to whether Judge Kavanaugh is guilty of sexual misconduct, that feeling, in itself, should justify dismissal of him as a candidate for the position. Schumer’s perspective is interesting. The Supreme Court of the United States, the most respected judicial court in our legal system, should have only the most honest, bipartisan, morally ethical individuals sitting as Justices.
We will never know what truly took place between Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, as well as the other women who have come forward, but our indecisiveness is not something that we should throw under the rug in disregard.
