--- title: Parkland Father Tries to Shake Hands With Brett Kavanaugh at Hearing description: Fred Guttenberg, the father of Parkland shooting victim Jamie Guttenberg, tried to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing canonical: https://time.com/5386500/brett-kavanaugh-fred-guttenberg-photo/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-04T20:21:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:49:17.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Turned His Back' to Him at Confirmation Hearing og:description: Fred Guttenberg tried to shake hands with the Supreme Court nominee og:url: https://time.com/5386500/brett-kavanaugh-fred-guttenberg-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14000bc17acc003f/69893971ab6d77765e6b3968/brett-kavanaugh-fred-guttenberg-jamie-stoneman-douglas-shooting-parkland-supreme-court.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: brett-kavanaugh-fred-guttenberg-jamie-stoneman-douglas-shooting-parkland-supreme-court og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Turned His Back' to Him at Confirmation Hearing twitter:description: Fred Guttenberg tried to shake hands with the Supreme Court nominee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14000bc17acc003f/69893971ab6d77765e6b3968/brett-kavanaugh-fred-guttenberg-jamie-stoneman-douglas-shooting-parkland-supreme-court.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Turned His Back' to Him at Confirmation Hearing > Sponsored content. 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Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:49 PM UTCPublished: Sep 4, 2018 8:21 PM UTC  Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, attempts to shake hands with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, right, as he leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, attempts to shake hands with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, right, as he leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. Andrew Harnik—AP/REX/Shutterstock by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:49 PM UTCPublished: Sep 4, 2018 8:21 PM UTC The father of Parkland shooting victim Jamie Guttenberg says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “turned his back” when he approached to shake hands during a break in his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Fred Guttenberg, who attended the [first day of Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings](http://time.com/5385927/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings/) as a guest of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, approached the Supreme Court nominee as the room broke for lunch. Video footage from CSPAN shows Guttenberg reaching out his arm toward Kavanaugh, who looks at him for a moment before turning away as a security guard walks up and steps in between them. > [](https://twitter.com/andyharnik/status/1037038736155009024) Guttenberg later tweeted that he put out his hand to introduce himself as Jamie Guttenberg’s dad. “He pulled his hand back, turned his back to me and walked away,” Guttenberg said on Twitter. “I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence.” > [](https://twitter.com/fred%5Fguttenberg/status/1037023269923287041) White House spokesperson Raj Shah said security intervened before Kavanaugh could shake hands with an “unidentified individual.” > [](https://twitter.com/RajShah45/status/1037040825778274306) Guttenberg [disputed Shah’s statement on Twitter](https://twitter.com/fred%5Fguttenberg/status/1037044557786034176), saying: “Incorrect. I was here all day and introduced by Senator Feinstein. No security involved. He turned and walked away.” Shah later [posted a video](https://twitter.com/RajShah45/status/1037046732310360064) that he said “clearly shows” security intervening. > [](https://twitter.com/RajShah45/status/1037046732310360064) Guttenberg said on CNN Tuesday evening that he approached Kavanaugh after hearing him talk about his children during his introduction ahead of the hearing. “I went up to him as a dad,” Guttenberg said. “I don’t go home to my complete family anymore. My daughter was killed and I am really concerned about how he’s going to rule on certain things that matter a lot to me because I don’t wan tot see other families go through what we have gone through.” Guttenberg again disputed Shah’s account of the encounter between him and Kavanaugh. He said that not only did Kavanaugh refuse to shake his hand, he called security to remove him from the hearing, identifying him by the bracelets he wears to remember his daughter. Guttenberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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