# What punishment do the disrupters at the Kavanaugh hearing face? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906 "2018-09-06T20:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/1 "2018-09-06T20:24:55Z")
The thread title asks the question. There have been about twenty bajillion people whisked out of the Kavanaugh hearings for yelling and disrupting the proceedings. What penalty do they face? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/2 "2018-09-06T20:36:12Z")
Not much, usually. > [@](#): > > Overall, 70 people were arrested Tuesday and charged with disorderly conduct on the first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings… > > Dreith said she and the other arrestees were hustled down to the building’s basement while wearing plastic zip-tie handcuffs and kept in a garage-like holding area. After about five hours, they were charged and released after waiving their right to a trial and paying a $35 fee. > [@](#): > > The protesters are part of a nationwide campaign to disrupt the confirmation process. A broad coalition of activist groups, including abortion rights groups, gun control organizations and labor unions, has converged on Washington. [Cite](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whitehouse/shout-arrest-repeat-inside-the-kavanaugh-hearing-protests/2018/09/05/188c3b00-b13e-11e8-8b53-50116768e499_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.32efdcb4085f). Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/3 "2018-09-06T22:00:28Z")
Penis guy in the condom suit may face a certain level of social sanctions. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/4 "2018-09-08T13:32:33Z")
Therefore there is no punishment for the party or parties that recruited these protestors to act on the behalf of the opposition? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/5 "2018-09-08T14:36:30Z")
I didn’t know it was illegal to act on behalf of the opposition or to recruit people to do so. What country was this in? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/6 "2018-09-08T14:37:14Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Therefore there is no punishment for the party or parties that recruited these protestors to act on the behalf of the opposition? Cite that the protestors were recruited? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/7 "2018-09-08T15:52:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Cite that the protestors were recruited? > **[Protesters urged to disrupt Brett Kavanaugh hearings: 'These are not normal...](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/05/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-disruptions-testimony-coordinated-supreme-court/1201785002/)** > > A coalition of groups opposing Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination urged protesters to disrupt his Senate hearings. Soon after the Kavanaugh hearings were scheduled, the Center for Popular Democracy Action worked with other advocacy groups, including the Women’s March, Ultraviolet and NARAL, to urge supporters to flood the capital, Epps-Addison said. “Once we knew the hearings were going to happen, we started putting out a call through our networks, and regular folks who know the impact this will have on their lives started raising their hands and saying, ‘I’m coming,’” Epps-Addison said. “We’ve had people carpooling and caravanning to get here.” Rachel O’Leary Carmona, chief operating officer of the Women’s March, confirmed that her group had coordinated a plan to disrupt the hearings. That included offering lodging to traveling protesters and “jail and bail support” if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/8 "2018-09-08T16:49:28Z")
Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/9 "2018-09-08T17:42:46Z")
Nice attempt to make it sound like these are paid protesters instead of actual concerned activists. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/10 "2018-09-08T18:08:18Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Nice attempt to make it sound like these are paid protesters instead of actual concerned activists. They were paid. > **[CONFIRMED: Organizer Vinay Krishnan Who Was Caught Paying Off Kavanaugh...](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/confirmed-organizer-vinay-krishnan-who-was-caught-paying-off-kavanaugh-protesters-works-for-soros-linked-organization/)** > > Nick Monroe On Tuesday several Texas doctors attended the Kavanaugh hearing in Washington DC. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/11 "2018-09-08T18:23:42Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > They were paid. > > [CONFIRMED: Organizer Vinay Krishnan Who Was Caught Paying Off Kavanaugh Protesters -- Works for Soros-Linked Organization | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/confirmed-organizer-vinay-krishnan-who-was-caught-paying-off-kavanaugh-protesters-works-for-soros-linked-organization/) Gateway Pundit? Really? His familiarity with anything [remotely resembling the truth](https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/01/25/22-times-jim-hoft-and-gateway-pundit-were-absurdly-wrong/215106) is tenuous at best. Maybe he got this one right but so far he is the only one I see saying it. Do you have any other sources? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/12 "2018-09-08T18:28:25Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > They were paid. > > [CONFIRMED: Organizer Vinay Krishnan Who Was Caught Paying Off Kavanaugh Protesters -- Works for Soros-Linked Organization | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/confirmed-organizer-vinay-krishnan-who-was-caught-paying-off-kavanaugh-protesters-works-for-soros-linked-organization/) Yeah, you’re going to need something more credible than “Gateway Pundit: ‘We report the truth — and leave the Russia-Collusion fairy tale to the Conspiracy media.’” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/13 "2018-09-08T20:27:40Z")
Gateway Pundit - aka Dim Jim Hoft, “The Stupidest Man On The Internet” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/14 "2018-09-08T23:35:48Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Gateway Pundit - aka Dim Jim Hoft, “The Stupidest Man On The Internet” Scary thing is he is having success doing it so laughing all the way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/15 "2018-09-09T00:34:07Z")
This article lists a few false stories promoted by Gateway Pundit: [Trump's latest "Spygate" tweet stems from an anonymous tweet and Reddit's conspiracy forum](https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-spygate-strzok-page-gateway-pundit-conspiracy-5fa36da4-d07a-454b-8aba-4e30fe5fc651.html) Apparently they are big into the Crisis Actor conspiracy theory: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-is-gateway-pundit-the-conspiracy-hawking-site-at-the-center-of-the-bogus-florida-crisis-actors-hype/2018/02/23/dded562a-174e-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921\_story.html?utm\_term=.397de2432ef8](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-is-gateway-pundit-the-conspiracy-hawking-site-at-the-center-of-the-bogus-florida-crisis-actors-hype/2018/02/23/dded562a-174e-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html?utm_term=.397de2432ef8) Lots of articles about Gateway Pundit at snopes: [The Gateway Pundit Archives | Snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/tag/the-gateway-pundit/) Patriots need to consider their information sources carefully, when considering matters of broad public policy. ---
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/16 "2018-09-09T02:01:13Z")
Gateway pundit = fake news. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-punishment-do-the-disrupters-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-face/820906/17 "2018-09-09T15:30:49Z")
The silliest thing about these conspiracy theories is do the posters of it really think that there are a lack of people out there pissed-off and passionate enough to do it for free? The most ridiculous one I saw was “proof” of paid anti-Trump protestors being bused into _Chicago_, of all places (like we needed anti-Trump protestors bussed in here. Are you fucking kidding me?) and then, as proof, showed a picture of rows of buses lined up on Canal, just south of Roosevelt. Anyone who lives in Chicago and has driven down Canal in that area knows that there are _always_ slews of buses and motorcoaches there, as that is an area that has free all-day parking for those vehicles.