Protester disrupts Sotomayor hearing
Legal Times is tweeting that a protester began shouting during Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Protestor yells: “What about the unborn?! … Stop the genocide of unborn Latinos!”
Capitol Police pulled him out of the room in about three seconds. He was sitting in the back corner #Sotomayor
The AP tweeted that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was not pleased with the interruption:
Sen. Patrick Leahy admonishes outburst in Senate hearing room. LK #sotoshow #Sotomayor
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