Dems Plunge Confirmation Hearing into Chaos in Seconds [VIDEO]

Shortly after the opening gavel of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, Democratic Senators began to interrupt the meeting, followed by raucous protestors. 

Daily Caller reports:

Chaos gripped the opening moments of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, as Democratic senators attempted to delay proceedings while protestors heckled Republican lawmakers.

As GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave his opening statement, Democrats urged the panel to adjourn and delay the hearing, in view of the release of 42,000 documents relating to Kavanaugh’s prior service in the executive branch on Monday night.

“We cannot possibly move forward, Mr. Chairman,” Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California said, arguing that the hearing should be delayed until those records were reviewed.

Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse argued the hearing should be deferred while the committee attempts to determine whether the Trump administration validly asserted executive privilege over certain documents Kavanaugh produced in the Bush White House. Grassley was informed by President George W. Bush’s presidential records representative Friday night that approximately 30,000 documents Kavanaugh generated as a White House lawyer would not be released given their supposed sensitivities.

Democratic Senators are taking a variety of tactics to oppose Judge Kavanaugh, but it seems civility is off the table from the start.

(Video H/T Fox News)