Some protestors at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings were paid.
WATCH:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZIfUbRSaI&w=560&h=315]
Partial Transcript:
TOM SCHLUETER, TEXAS: Hello, I’m Dr. Tom Schlueter from Texas, we came here to participate in the hearings, to get in the line. They told us to be here at 8:00, 8:30 at the latest, to get in line to go inside and hear the hearings. We got here at about 8:15 and there was already 100 people in line, and most of them would be probably classified by me as ‘opposing everything going on with Judge Kavanaugh,’ and so we began to see a process of things unfolding as we were standing in line that kept the line from going ahead.
One thing was there were people who had come along… who had a bag of money, and people would hand them a piece of paper, and then they would give them money. So we know money was exchanged for some of the people to be here, just to protest.
There was no depth to what their understanding, they were just here to be a disruption, protesters. They were actually told, we heard them say this, ‘when you go in, we want you to yell, to scream, and even possibly to get arrested.’ So that was some of the processes we saw happening…
There are also photos to prove it:
Proof the protestors were paid off in line. #Kavanaugh #ConfirmKavanaugh #ActivismInAction pic.twitter.com/hMLpP4zWPn
— Adam W. Schindler (@AdamSchindler) September 4, 2018
They’re back at it today. Exercising “free” speech. pic.twitter.com/K7GPFCeusM
— Adam W. Schindler (@AdamSchindler) September 5, 2018
Spoke to the protest organizer. She confirmed handing out cash, but said they intend cash to be used to pay fines they know come when protestors break the law. A small price to pay to be “heard” I suppose. #KavanaughConfirmation
— Adam W. Schindler (@AdamSchindler) September 5, 2018
The proof. pic.twitter.com/SYIebvSiiQ
— Andaluzuelo (@andaluzuelo) September 5, 2018
WATCH:
ADMITTED! Some Kavanaugh protestors admit to being paid @AdamSchindler https://t.co/YPK3EnTS60
— Jacob Palmieri (@jakepalmieri) September 6, 2018
