Nearly 200 protesters were arrested on the steps of Capitol Hill after the US Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice despite allegations of sexual assault against him.
The demonstrations on Saturday were the latest in a series of protests against Kavanaugh at the Capitol and across the United States.
The protesters carried signs that read “Cancel Kavanaugh” and chanted “We believe survivors.”
“The Supreme Court should be the most fit people in the land, the most fit lawyers, the best, the brightest, not people who hide their financial dealings, not people who lie under oath, and certainly not people who assault women and then lie about it and try to cover it up. I’m here for that, I’m here for the truth,” said one of the protesters.
President Donald Trump, who stood by his nominee amid the allegations and later mocked his accusers, said in a tweet that the “crowd in front of the U.S. Supreme Court is tiny”…