Americans Protest Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination Across The Country

Carla Baranauckas

Americans took to the streets across the country to protest Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Protesters gathered in Washington outside the Supreme Court building, and at one point it appeared from a photo posted on Twitter that #StopKavanaugh was projected on the portico of the building.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) addressed the protesters on the steps of the Supreme Court building. She called Senate Republicans “cowardly patriarchal people” and wondered why they had hidden from interviewing California professor Christine Blasey Ford, whom she called “a beautiful, lovely, well-spoken, humble witness.”

Anna Galland, executive director of moveon.org, said there were hundreds of protests on Wednesday in such places as Portland, Maine; Charleston, West Virginia; Minot, North Dakota; and Anchorage, Alaska.

Here are some images from social media and wire services from the various protests.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks in Washington on Wednesday at a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo: JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / Reuters)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks in Washington on Wednesday at a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo: JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / Reuters)
Activists outside the Supreme Court building in Washington. (Photo: JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / Reuters)
Activists outside the Supreme Court building in Washington. (Photo: JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN / Reuters)

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Ashley Kavanaugh holds hands with her husband, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as they arrive for his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.
Ashley Kavanaugh holds hands with her husband, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as they arrive for his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.
Brett Kavanaugh arrives to testify.
Brett Kavanaugh arrives to testify.
Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying.
Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying.
(Third, fourth and fifth from left) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) with staffers at the hearing.
(Third, fourth and fifth from left) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) with staffers at the hearing.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) listen to Kavanaugh.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) listen to Kavanaugh.
Judiciary Committee member Graham shouts during the hearing.
Judiciary Committee member Graham shouts during the hearing.
Actress Alyssa Milano (second from right), a prominent figure in the Me Too movement, listens to Kavanaugh.
Actress Alyssa Milano (second from right), a prominent figure in the Me Too movement, listens to Kavanaugh.
Edward Kavanaugh and Martha Kavanaugh, Brett Kavanaugh’s parents, listen to testimony.
Edward Kavanaugh and Martha Kavanaugh, Brett Kavanaugh’s parents, listen to testimony.
Brett Kavanaugh testifies as Ashley Kavanaugh looks on.
Brett Kavanaugh testifies as Ashley Kavanaugh looks on.

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