Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) gave a decisive response to an anti-Kavanaugh protester who brought her children to Capitol Hill to take part in the confrontation.
“Senator Cassidy, can you please apologize to my children for ruining their futures?” Shapiro can be heard calling out to Cassidy as he reached the spot where the children were stationed.
The woman’s question was an apparent reference to the unsubstantiated sexual misconduct allegations against now-Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed last week by a 50-48 margin in the Senate.
Cassidy was among the “yes” votes.
In the video, the Louisiana Senator can be seen stopping and taking out his earbuds before saying to the children, “Hey, guess what? In the future, if somebody makes an—I know your parents are using you as tools—but in the future, if somebody makes an allegation against you, and there’s no proof for it, you will be OK. Thank you.”
“No, we’re not using them as tools. We’re not using them as tools,” Shapiro said as she and her friend pursued Cassidy down the hall.
“Why is it that [Kavanaugh] gets the benefit of the doubt, and he gets the presumption of innocence, but black men get the presumption of guilt?” James told Fox News. “If it applies for one, it should apply for all. It should be across the board.”
As the women pursued Cassidy, they could be heard complaining that the Kavanaugh investigation lacked “a full due process.”
“Listen to what we have to say,” the women insisted, as Cassidy walked towards an elevator.
“Shame on you,” the woman says, “for not believing women and for ruining my daughters’ lives.”
Shapiro documented her efforts to protest Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court in numerous social media posts, according to Fox News.
“I’m at the back of scotus [sic] waiting for Kavanaugh with my kids and a bunch of other protesters does anyone know if he’s inside yet?” Shapiro wrote in a since deleted Twitter post on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow I plan on birddogging in the Senate hallways and basement with all 4 of my kids (my daughters are 12, 10 and my boys are 5, 3),” Shapiro wrote in a Facebook post, since deleted, according to the Daily Caller. “I [want] these horrible atrocious men to see the faces of the future that they are ruining and to know the tremendous pain women and men are feeling now that they confirmed Kavanaugh.”
The Daily Caller published a screenshot of the alleged post.
According to The Daily Caller, “Shapiro was harassing senators on the Hill for days and regularly used her school-aged children” in confrontations with politicians.
A number of prominent Democratic politicians have appeared to encourage such behavior.
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said it’s not possible to be civil with Republicans any longer.
“We saw the lack of civility and the angry mobs even before the comments from Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder, so we fully expect leftwing activists will continue to harass members of Congress up through Election Day,” a senior Republican aide told Fox News on Friday.
“There is going to be an assassination if this doesn’t ratchet down,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), according to Fox, before calling for a “toning down of the rhetoric.”
