Nooo, Mr. Guttenberg. Why call out Judge Kavanaugh when it is these two men who are primarily responsible for why your life and family were ruined (along with the lives and families of others in Broward)?
Posted on 09/28/2018 8:29:33 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting, slammed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying his life and family haven't been ruined by allegations of sexual assault.
Kavanaugh appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and said his life, reputation and his family were forever changed since Christine Blasey Ford accused him of trying to rape her at a party in 1982.
Guttenberg took to Twitter on Thursday after the hearing, denouncing the judge for portraying himself as a “victim.”
“Justice Kavanaugh your life and family are not ruined,” Guttenberg wrote. “Try having a child murdered by a weapon that you refer to as ‘common use.’ You will get through this and hug both of your children tonight.”
Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations during the hearing and accused Democrats of opposing his nomination out of “revenge on behalf of the Clintons.”
"This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups," a seething Kavanaugh said.
He had heated exchanges with Democratic senators who pressed him with questions about his drinking habits and past behavior.
Guttenberg said Kavanaugh’s performance showed that he is partisan and “does not have the temperament for the court.”
“Even worse, you are just a bad person,” Guttenberg tweeted.
Guttenberg has become an outspoken gun control advocate after his 14-year-old daughter Jaime was one of the 17 people killed by a gunman inside Stoneman Douglas High School in February.
Kavanaugh has been praised by pro-gun groups like the National Rifle Association as a potential tie-breaking vote on the Supreme Court in favor of gun rights.
Guttenberg approached Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearing earlier this month and said the judge turned his back when he reached out to shake his hand.
White House spokesman Raj Shah described the interaction as “an unidentified individual” approaching Kavanaugh.
“As Judge Kavanaugh left for his lunch break, an unidentified individual approached him,” Shah wrote in a tweet responding to Guttenberg. “Before the judge was able to shake his hand, security had intervened.”
Guttenberg later said that he was “certain” Kavanaugh had asked security to remove him from the hearing.
“As soon as I said [my daughter was] ‘murdered in Parkland,’ he just did an immediate turn and went away,” Guttenberg said. “All he had to do was extend his hand back and say, I’m sorry for your loss, tell me about your daughter.’”
imagine that
There is no shortage of differing ruinations available.
“Justice Kavanaugh your life and family are not ruined,” Guttenberg wrote. “Try having a child murdered by a weapon that you refer to as ‘common use.’
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Her death was caused by an evil, deranged person, not a gun.
Oh my the hand shake guy:-)
Suffering is not a zero sum game. Both of these men have suffered. Guttenberg seems to think that if Kavanaugh is suffering, it must somehow diminish his own suffering over the shooting death of his daughter. Therefore, for him, Kavanaugh is unjustified in complaining.
Who....the......hell......cares?
Are we going to hear from the Twitter feed of Nicole Simpson’s dad next? How about a comment from the relatives of Christa Mcauliffe? Got a line from some family of the Zodiac Killer’s victims?
Hey, welcome to the United States of Attention Whores! Where your 15 minutes can go on as long as you do!
Fred, shut your piehole. Yes, false allegations do ruin lives and reputations. See how your life will change if people accuse you falsely of being a sexual predator! The Democrats are so damn low to drag this guy into the Kavanaugh debate.
Another example of the utter imbecile infantile nature of modern US Journalism. This ass clown has ZERO of relevance to say about Kavaugh to anyone with a shred of real journalistic integrity.
Just Another far Leftist attention whore dancing over the bodies of dead children. Sick and depraved is the nicest thing that can be said about this infantile idiot.
I feel for the father....but Kavanaugh spoke the truth and said nothing wrong.
Rubbish.
It may not be common use in the EU but it sure as hell is here! Maybe he should pack his family up and take DEM to a place where they feel safe! Or is he just a lousy father?
The classless left at it again.
If my child had been killed, I’d STILL be in bed heavily sedated.
Just because he’s a victims doesn’t mean he’s not an ahole. K didn’t shake his hand because he thought he was a protester. What a jerk.
YEP! But apparently politics matters more to these people.
Nooo, Mr. Guttenberg. Why call out Judge Kavanaugh when it is these two men who are primarily responsible for why your life and family were ruined (along with the lives and families of others in Broward)?
Sorry about his daughter, but the guy is a police state turd if he believes this.
Another self-absorbed liberal a$$hole trying to make it all about him while pushing an agenda on the back of his dead daughter.
My guess is he IS a police state turd.
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