A mob of people gathered outside Republican Senator Mitch McConnells Kentucky home to protest his announcement to elect a Trump appointed nominee for the vacant spot left by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following her death on Friday.
Protestors carried signs that said “Ruth Sent Us” and “No Ethics No Shame” while others chanted “Hey-hey ho-ho, Mitch McConnell has got to go.”
The mob grew to a collection of over 100 people with one individual being arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and improper parking. Police determined that the woman used a pharmacy parking lot without patronizing the store. When police informed the woman her car would be towed she tried to enter the store to purchase a six-pack of beer but they wouldn’t allow it and she was placed under arrest.
One woman has been arrested at the CVS one block from McConnell’s house. She parked at the CVS, but was not a customer, and police told her they would tow her car. She tried to buy something and then move her car, but police didn’t allow that.
Here’s an officer: pic.twitter.com/LfDHy6gIeE
— Hayes Gardner (@HayesGardner) September 19, 2020
The woman’s arrest triggered other protesters to start chanting and one member of the crowd even kicked in a glass door. Other protestors complied with police and agreed to move their vehicles that were blocking traffic on a nearby street.
Reports were not clear on whether or not the Senator was at home during the time of the protest.
Any Supreme Court nominee selected by President Trump must win confirmation from the Republican-led Senate before they can be allowed to join the court.
As the Senate leader, McConnell would be the one to determine when or if a vote on a nomination would be held. Democrats argue that any vote an a Trump court pick should be put off until after the presidential election.
McConnell has been a member of the Senate since 1985 and is facing a reeltion fight on his home state’s November ballot against Democrat Amy McGrath. If reelected this would be McConnell’s 7th term.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll McConnell holds a double-digit lead over the former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot.
Reports were unclear on whether McConnell was at home in Kentucky or in Washington on Saturday.
