It appears Kavanaugh replied in writing regarding the handshake, I wish he would have said this last week when Senator Lindsey Graham asked about it. I was still there and would have been happy to have spoken with him. That said, regarding his response, not accurate. 
Attached is a photo that I took from my seat to show how close I was to him all morning. I was not with protesters. Behind me were rows of other invited guests and behind the invited guests were tables for all of the press. Behind that were individual protersters escorted in
and out by police. Where I was located, no protesters could get close to. At the time of handshake, I was talking to someone else in this area. Yes, when he got up, I touched him and he turned and I extended my arm to say "Hello, my name is Fred Guttenber, father of
Jaime Guttenberg who was murdered in Parkland. That is always how I introduce myself. He was looking at me until I said murdered in Parkland. He looked long enough to see the 3 memorial bracelets honoring my daughter that I had on as he notified police after the handshake and
described the bracelets to them. The police wanted to see the bracelets and asked me questions about the meaning of the bracelets. Bottom line, he chose not to return a handshake. The next day, when Senator Lyndsay Graham gave him a chance to address it, he chose not to.
Regarding security, yes that is correct that one did get up. However, notice the other two people responding and security following them. They were Don Mcgahn and Ron Rodstien who also heard the sentence and moved in. They did not want to discuss what happened in Parkland.
In life, we make choices. I am glad he responded to the issue in writing to a question but I now make the choice not to believe in the sincerity of the response. Not only did he not respond to Senator Graham, if he wanted to respond since he could have. That said, nothing he
did or nothing he will do will bring my daughter back and so I am moving on from this topic. My hope is that should he be selected, he rethinks some of his answers on gun safety as the responses that he gave should concern everyone.
