The following article by Brianna Provenzano was posted on the Mic.com website September 4, 2018:
As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing prepared to recess for lunch on Tuesday afternoon, Fred Guttenberg approached the embattled judge, hand outstretched, and introduced himself as the father of one of the teenaged victims of the February mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Kavanaugh declined to shake.
In video footage captured during Tuesday’s Senate proceedings, Guttenberg can be heard introducing himself to Kavanaugh. “My daughter was murdered in Parkland…” he says as the Supreme Court nominee swiftly turns on his heel.
Last February, Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, became one of 17 students and faculty members killed after a 19-year-old gunman stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and opened fire. Since then, Guttenberg has been an outspoken activist working to eliminate American gun violence, challenging Florida Sen. Marco Rubio over his position on guns and ardently criticizing the National Rifle Association for its lobbying and advertising practices.