Ali Phillips

The Republic | azcentral.com

Protesters for and against Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court were outside Sen. Jeff Flake's office in Phoenix on Thursday morning.

Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her more than 30 years ago, testified Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations.

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A group from Handmaid Resistance Phoenix dressed in red robes and stood with a sign that said, "Sen. Flake believe Christine."

"We are right now currently standing in solidarity with Doctor Ford," said Kim Mundis of Handmaid Resistance Phoenix. "We believe Senate Republicans are pretending to want to hear her side of the story and we know from experience that they will likely do everything they can to shame and discredit her.

"So, we are here to stand in solidarity with her to thank her bold courage," Mundis said.

Mundis explained that it takes courage to be a woman and come forward and challenge a very powerful man. The group is there to stand for all survivors of sexual abuse of any kind. She said the group will be there until 7 a.m. Friday, which is after the committee votes whether to advance Kavanaugh for a full Senate vote, she said.

Mundis said the group believes Kavanaugh is an inappropriate choice for the Supreme Court.

Patriot Movement AZ also protested outside Flake's office to send a message to the senator and the rest of the Senate that they believe in the rule of law, and that allegations from 36 years ago, at the last hour — especially the more ridiculously they become and the more unbelievable they become — this is just a game, leader Lisa Antone said.

Antone explained that Democrats said they were going to obstruct no matter who President Trump nominated for the Supreme Court.

"It’s a tactic, and it's one that the liberals and Democrats have been doing for a really long time and we are here to stand up to say, 'No more,'” Antone said.

Patriot Movement AZ supports Kavanaugh for the nomination.

As for Flake, Mundis says it's time for him to vote and show us who is. He has been telling us who he is, but his voting record shows otherwise, she said.

"I think Flake likes to have his cake and eat it too. I think he likes to paint himself as some compassionate conservative who wants to call for order and return of decorum to the political landscape," Mundis said. "But when it is time to vote, he just falls in line with the party and does absolutely nothing to stop their racist, sexist agenda."

While this was Patriot Movement AZ's first protest regarding the Kavanaugh hearing, Antone said they do protest a couple of times a week. Regarding Flake, she said it was a good thing that he decided not to run for office again.

"If he chooses to run again, I hope he runs as a Democrat because that’s what he is," Antone said. "And I think that if he doesn’t vote to let this confirmation go through, if he doesn’t vote the right way — not only will he not be our senator here in a few months, he will be forever known as a shame to Arizona.”

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