Sen. John Kennedy said the restrictions send the “wrong message."
The Senate is prepared to enforce strict measures on reporters' access during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, hoping to avoid the spectacle of senators being yelled at in the hallways as they were during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh.Some pushed back Wednesday, following news that access to senators will be significantly limited during the Senate impeachment proceedings.
“I don’t think you guys should ever be restricted,” said Sen. Mike Braun . He added that while he has no issues talking to the press, the new rules are “kind of a way to give some certainty to the individuals that maybe don’t want to interact.” Story continuesThe press restrictions come after the 2018 confirmation hearing of Kavanaugh, during which the chamber was flooded with protesters following allegations that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when they were teenagers. Then-Sen. Jeff Flake was famously confronted by two female protesters on the way to a key vote on Kavanaugh.
Sen. John Cornyn also attributed the restrictions at least in part to the Kavanaugh confirmation, noting that senators were"harassed." Senate Rules Committee ranking member Amy Klobuchar lambasted the restrictions in an interview Tuesday with CBS News, calling them"a big mistake" and blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the decision.
“Hopefully we’ll come up with a good balanced plan that achieves the objective of making sure this is done in an efficient, effective safe way but with ample opportunity for the media to do their jobs,” he said.
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