The Senate Judiciary Committee’s meeting to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court descended into chaos Friday morning — with several Democrats storming out in anger.

Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Kamala Harris of California, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii left after a vote to subpoena Kavanaugh’s friend Mark Judge failed on party lines and the senators voted to schedule a 1:30 p.m. vote.

The dramatic scene unfolded shortly after Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, the committee’s swing vote, announced he will back Kavanaugh — then was angrily confronted by protesters enraged by his decision.

As the meeting convened, Blumenthal moved to subpoena Judge, who Dr. Christine Blasey Ford said was in the room at the time that she was allegedly assaulted by Kavanaugh.

The motion was defeated, 11-10, and the panel quickly scheduled the vote for 1:30 p.m. The motion to schedule was approved 11-8, with Booker and Harris declining to vote in protest. They and the others then stormed out.

Harris tweeted: “Setting a vote on Kavanaugh less than 24 hours after yesterday’s testimony shows what a sham this process has been. I just refused to vote and walked out.”

As the hearing convened without Harris, Hirono and Blumenthal, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, said Kavanaugh’s nomination was “a real test” for the Senate and the nation “to see how we treat women, especially women who are survivors of sexual assault.”

She charged that 27 years after the Clarence Thomas hearings, Republicans appear to have a new strategy for handling sexual assault allegations.

“The Republican strategy is no longer ‘attack the victim.’ It is to ignore the victim,” she said.

Feinstein said she was disappointed that the committee was set to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination less than a day after Ford’s emotional testimony.

But South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, who angrily defended Kavanaugh a day earlier, said Democrats want to upend the idea that a person is innocent until proven guilty.

“If the new standard for the committee is that there’s no presumption of anything, that you have to prove why somebody would accuse you, not just say ‘I didn’t do it and here’s why I didn’t do it,’ but you have to prove the motives of your accuser, God help us all,” he said.

“It is the beginning of a process that will tear this country apart.”

Senators from both parties then continued to lambaste one another in turn.

Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn lashed out at Feinstein.

“Our friend the ranking member said yesterday that the integrity of the Senate is on trial. I agree with that, and we’re failing badly. Cruelty, recklessness, indecency toward the people we should be treating with respect and dignity,” he said about Kavanaugh.

Whitehouse accused the majority of failing to fully investigate Ford’s allegation, and of blocking an FBI probe.

“It’s the least thing a sexual assault victim is entitled to when she comes forward. The FBI could interview all the attendees, not just to obtain simple denials but to cross-check and see if the stories add up,” the Rhode Island Democrat said.

“The FBI could inquire after and pursue other corroborating or exculpatory evidence. It’s what they do. Anybody who has done any serious investigation knows you don’t stop just with witness statements of interested parties. You run down corroborating and impeaching evidence. You check and cross-check. You ask and go back again. You do the basic blocking and tackling of investigation,” he said.

“We have run a botch of an investigation,” he added, predicting that the truth of what Kavanaugh did or did not do would eventually come out.

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar criticized Republicans and Kavanaugh’s belligerent testimony the day before, when he alternately shouted and choked up while defending himself and attacking the committee’s Democrats.

“I don’t think we protected the innocent very well yesterday. And I certainly don’t think that we’re doing it today,” she said.

“There was a lot of chest beating that went on yesterday on the other side, and it was pretty effective, I guess, if the goal was to distract the American public from what they had heard in the morning, to distract and deflect from the moving, powerful testimony we heard,” an emotional Klobuchar continued.

“And I don’t want to hear about respecting Dr. Ford when we are not giving her the respect of having an investigation of the case that she made to us yesterday.”

She added that Kavanaugh had apologized to her for replying to her question about his reported heavy drinking by asking her if she had ever blacked out from drinking.

Earlier, Flake was cornered in a Senate elevator by protesters right after he announced his support for Kavanaugh.

“After hearing more than 30 hours of testimony from Judge Kavanaugh earlier this month, I was prepared to support his nomination based on his views of the law and order as a judge,” the Arizona Republican said in a statement just before the confrontation.

“In fact, I commented at the time that had he been nominated in another era, he would have likely received 90+ votes,” he said.

“When Dr. Ford’s allegations against Judge Kavanaugh surfaced two weeks ago, I insisted that she be allowed to testify before the committee moved to a vote. Yesterday, we heard compelling testimony from Dr. Ford, as well as a persuasive response from Judge Kavanaugh. I wish that I could express the confidence that some of my colleagues have conveyed about what either did or did not happen in the early 1980s, but I left the hearing yesterday with as much doubt as certainty,” he continued.

“What I do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence. That’s what binds us to the rule of law. While some may argue that a different standard should apply regarding the Senate’s advice and consent responsibilities, I believe that the Constitution’s provisions of fairness and due process apply here as well.”

Friday’s meeting came a day after Kavanaugh angrily denied Ford’s allegations.

A chaotic protest later broke out at the Dirksen Senate Office Building down the hall from the committee hearing room, according to CNN. Demonstrators blew whistles in an apparent attempt to drown out the Capitol Police’s instructions.

“November is coming!” they chanted as officers converged with plastic handcuffs.

Meanwhile, female House members, including New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, twice made a commotion in the back of the hearing room by standing and staring down committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). They eventually filed out.

Also Friday, Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), who President Trump said could vote for Kavanaugh, announced that he would vote no.

Additional reporting by Yaron Steinbuch and with Post wires