Democrats Continue Camera Shy Ways With Brett Kavanaugh

Democratic senators have, at least from Republican states, started meeting with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but they are mostly avoiding the press when doing so. 

With senators back in town, meetings with President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court resumed Wednesday, with a pair of Democrats on the agenda.

But those two Democrats, each of whom voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the high court last year, opted against allowing press photographers or videographers in for the typical “sprays” of their meetings with Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana kicked off the Wednesday meetings, with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota to follow later in the day. Both followed the lead of West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III — who was the first member of the caucus to meet with Kavanaugh — in keeping the meetings closed to the press.

Kavanaugh is also scheduled to meet with GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on Wednesday. Cameras are being invited in for a photo op at that meeting.