10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] accused the protesters demonstrating against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of being ‘paid professionals’ and part of a smear campaign funded by left-leaning donors, after female activists confronted Sens. Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake about sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh…Ana Maria Archila, one of the women who confronted Flake and a self-identified sexual assault survivor, said in a statement that Trump’s tweet followed a pattern of ‘discrediting individuals who dare to raise our voices and force elected officials to listen to our stories’…The tweet came out after the release of a viral video of Hatch, a Utah Republican and Senate Judiciary Committee member, telling female protesters to ‘grow up.’ In the video, one woman asks Hatch, ‘Why aren’t you brave enough to talk to us and exchange with us?’ after which Hatch dismissively waves his hand, although it is not clear if the gesture was directed at the protester or another man with whom he was speaking.”

Matthew Choi, “Trump calls Kavanaugh protesters ‘rude elevator screamers’,” Politico, October 5, 2018 10:15 am