Parkland father to Kavanaugh: 'Your life and family are not ruined' by sexual assault allegations

The Hill ^ | 09/28/18 | MORGAN GSTALTER

[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.’”

[Da Coyote]

The depravity of a liberal allows even the use of deceased child in order to further the sleazy cause.

This man is not worth a description beyond “progressive”.

[Da Coyote]

The depravity of a liberal allows even the use of deceased child in order to further the sleazy cause.

This man is not worth a description beyond “progressive”.

[DCBryan1]

BK should say, " Since commies are threating to assassinate me, I'd say everyone should own an AR 15".

[RightGuy]

Guttenberg doesn’t think his suffering is diminished; sadly, he’s smitten by his recent celebrity, for which he doesn’t have the fortitude to resist after the tragic loss of his dear daughter at the hands of a psycho.

Shame on him for playing politics with his daughter’s memory.

And all this as a result of Obambi’s twisted policy of giving multiple passes to real, potential crazies to keep the crime numbers of minorities and/or miscreants low.

Too sick for words.

[Obadiah]

I feel for the guy, I really do, but when does his GoFundMe page get set up?

[PsyCon]

“SURVIVOR” is a term that is grossly overused.

Sorry he lost a child, but he reminds me of REMF bitching about their difficult life when the ice machine broke down.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“Try having a child murdered by a weapon that you refer to as ‘common use.’”

And again it is the weapon they hate, not the person using it. Remember when “the weapon” they hated was,
in 1962, small handguns,
then in 1963, 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifles,
then in 1968-1981, all handguns,
then in 1988, all semi-auto rifles.

[Liz]

Who will not sympathize with this poor man's tremendous loss. But in Brett Kavanaugh, the grieving dad he is mad at the wrong person.

Jan Jordan, is the Broward police captain who told sheriff's deputies to 'stage' and form a perimeter outside
Stoneman Douglas High School as students and teachers were being massacred inside on February 14.

Jan Jordan, 49, was in charge of deputies who responded to the first calls of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel had placed Office Captain Jan Jordan in charge of the school massacre scene.

Jordan denied deployment of two Rescue Task Force teams that had arrived.

Three paramedics and 3-4 officers had rushed to the scene to help---but Jordan denied them entry.

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Also in charge when the school massacre took place, the Broward county Florida Supt, Robert Runcie,
(hand-picked by Obama) got a $28,000 raise and additional benefits under his contract.

The deal brings Runcie’s salary to $335,000 and extends his employment through June 30, 2023.

Under the new contract, Runcie would:
-- Be able to trade in 15 of his 29 vacation days for a cash value of $20,500.
-- Get $48,000 contributed annually from the school board for retirement plans
-- Be allowed to earn a pension based on four years of his service in Chicago,
estimated to cost taxpayers $80,000.

More than 30 people lined up mostly to praise Runcie’s work since he started in 2011. Leaders of local community organizations, businesses and schools praised improved student achievement, Runcie’s communication skills and inclusion and protection of immigrants and minorities under Obama's vaunted "Promise" plan.

Runcie collected $53 million tax dollars from Obama for keeping minorities off arrest records.

Then the massacre took place.

Broward Supt Runcie named Superintendent of The Year.

[rlmorel]

I didn’t make the connection that he was the jackass who confronted Kavanaugh who didn’t shake his hand as the guy shouted things at him.

What a piece of crap. I certainly wouldn’t have shaken his hand.

[rockrr]

Geez and to think that all Mattress Girl had to drag around was stinky old bedding...

[petro45acp]

Accusations of sexual assault are not like having a child taken. Grief and loss can heal and is controlled solely by the principals. The accusations are fully external and one does not have any control over their intensity nor longevity.

Not the same at all, but much less smooth return to normal life (one invites support from friends, one does not).

.02
KYPD

[Liz]

Obama blanketed Broward with $53 Million in Federal
Grants for keeping criminal minorities off arrest roles
By S.Noble, February 26, 2018

The story behind Nikolas Cruz and the shooting of his former classmates and staff is one of the repeated failures of the system from the FBI to the school to the sheriff’s office to social services. The massacre was very foreseeable but politics got in the way. Specifically, politics, funding of more than $53 million, and Chicago school discipline got in the way.

This Was Obama-Chicago Discipline----The Superintendent of Broward County Schools, Robert Runcie, came out of Chicago and the Duncan-Obama administration. The Miami-Herald reported: In 2003, Arne Duncan, then head of the Chicago school district and later Secretary of Education under Barack Obama asked Runcie to oversee the district’s technology department. Runcie went on to serve in other administrative roles, including as chief of staff for the Board of Education, before becoming the Broward schools superintendent in 2011.

In 2016, he made $335,000 a year in a region that has poor mental health services due to lack of funds. He was well-paid to bring down the numbers and alter the so-called school-to-prison pipeline.It was supposed to happen as a result of the Promise program.

The Promise---- The school board instituted a program called Promise which made not reporting criminal behavior a standard policy. Police said they did not have discretion in arrests, according to the President of the Sheriff’s union. The Promise [Preventing Recidivism through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Support, and Education] program kept Nikolas Cruz from getting arrested. Not having a record allowed him to buy guns.

The program began in 2012 as a way of dealing with the district recording the highest number of school-related arrests statewide (over 1,000). Superintendent Runcie, with strong connections to Obama, was expected to stop the alleged school-to-prison pipeline.

The program was geared towards keeping minorities out of prison. The killer’s name was Cruz, making him a minority. An agreement was drawn up with police and community organizations like the NAACP which kept kids out of jail based on race but didn’t necessarily deal with the issues they had.

Principals, instead of school resource officers [sheriffs], became the primary decision makers in responding to student misbehavior. Misdemeanors were supposed to be overlooked but records suggest more serious crimes were ignored to keep the money flowing. The district had to continually show improvement in statistics. There is no question the serious threats by Cruz to shoot up the school were reported to the sheriff’s office and he ignored them. Nothing was reported and nothing was ever done. This was the school/police policy.

$53 Million in Grants---With a cooperative judge and the Superintendent’s tight connections to the Obama administration, arrests were down 66% within one year of Runcie’s arrival. Grant money started flowing into the school district. The school district initially received over $53 million in grants to facilitate “improved life for students in poverty/students of color.”

The Last Refuge has been investigating this for years and uncovered documentation making a very convincing case for the entire program being corrupted by funds and statistics. The extent of killer Nikolas Cruz’s disciplinary problems was summarized by the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami-Herald. In addition to a slew of disabilities, Cruz had been out of control for years. As a New York educator for more than 30 years, I can tell you that long before Cruz blew completely, he would have been in a residential school.

[cuban leaf]

‘Your life and family are not ruined’ by sexual assault allegations

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Depends on how you define ruined. And it depends on what the person has to lose.

[Peeps47]

I’m sorry he lost his daughter but I despise parents who use their dead children as political props. If someone lost two children could they tell him he doesn’t know what a ruined life is?

[mosesdapoet]

I kept a record of what went on at Parkland and the resulting use of a policy known as Promise posted here in FR in my website http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm Where was this guy when there was a school board election ?

[eXe]

And yes, gun control is one of the biggest reasons they are against Kavanaugh, they know its dead the instant he gets on the supreme court.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

“Only I can suffer”.

[JayAr36]

Parkland father to Kavanaugh: ‘Your life and family are not ruined’ by sexual assault allegations

How would he react if this was done to him.

He would squeal like a pig.

[hal ogen]

Pathetic. Typical LIB scam-job on taxpayers. Criminals all.

[mass55th]

Hope he enjoys his 15 minutes of fame. Let’s see how long it takes for the Dems to dump Dr. Ford, and this guy. Once they’ve outlived their usefulness, they’re sent to the scrap heap.