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- Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of Fred Guttenberg, the father of a shooting victim from Parkland, Florida, had he recognized him before he was whisked away by security detail.
- The moment was captured in a photograph that went viral on social media.
- Kavanaugh said in a written response that he assumed the man who approached him “and touched my arm” had been one of the many protesters in the hearing room that day.
- “If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, and expressed my sympathy,” Kavanaugh said. “And I would have listened to him.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of a school shooting victim’s father during a break in last week’s Senate hearing had he recognized him before being whisked away by security detail.
Kavanaugh’s explanation for the encounter with Fred Guttenberg— captured in an Associated Press photo that went viral on social media — was among a 263-page response to written questions from senators on a range of issues including abortion, executive power and his personal finances.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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