Andrew Harnik/APFred Guttenberg, left, attempts to shake hands with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh as he leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.
Video from the hearing shows Guttenberg approaching Kavanaugh as he stood up to leave, stretching out his arm for a handshake as Kavanaugh turned to look at him.
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Kavanaugh then turns the other way without a word and walks away, his security detail following closely behind.
Guttenberg wrote on Twitter that, as the morning session ended, he “walked up to Judge Kavanaugh” and attempted to introduce himself “as Jaime Guttenberg’s dad.”
“He pulled his hand back, turned his back to me and walked away,” Guttenberg wrote. “I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence.”
Protesters began interrupting about an hour after chairman Chuck Grassley gaveled in the hearing. It is unclear from the video whether Kavanaugh had heard Guttenberg after he fully identified himself.
Joshua Roberts/ReutersA protester is removed from a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.
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White House Press Secretary Raj Shah tweeted that Kavanaugh was leaving for his lunch break when an “unidentified individual approached him.”
“Before the Judge was able to shake his hand, security had intervened,” Shah wrote.
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Guttenberg made his concerns about gun violence clear just days after his daughter was killed.
TNS via Getty Images, FILEFred Guttenberg watches a monitor honoring the 17 students and teachers who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, during a town hall meeting on Feb. 21, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla.
Abbie Youkilis via APJaime Guttenberg was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and was killed when former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the school Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.
During a vigil two days after the shooting, Guttenberg told mourners that he couldn’t remember he told Jaime he loved her that morning before she left for school.
“Don’t tell me there is no such thing as gun violence,” he said, describing his family as “broken.”
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