The Bravery Is Contagious event will feature musicians, actors and other artists, including Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, Erykah Badu and Esperanza Spalding
WASHINGTON – The protests around Capitol Hill of the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are about to get starrier: A group of celebs, including Alicia Keys, Michael Stipe and Norman Lear, are leading a group set to gather outside the Supreme Court on Thursday night.
The Bravery Is Contagious event will feature musicians, actors and other artists, including husband-and-wife duo Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, Erykah Badu and Esperanza Spalding.
Organized by the Party Majority PAC, the protest website asks viewers to call their senators and lists the number for the Senate’s main switchboard, as well as the direct office numbers for senators Susan Collins, R-Maine; Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va. With Republicans holding a 51-to-49 majority in the Senate, the four senators are considered key votes in the Kavanaugh confirmation.
“We anticipate a vote on the Senate floor to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as early as Friday,” reads a message from the PAC. “It is critical we make our voices heard on the ground in Washington on Thursday.”
It also urges people who can’t make it to Washington to protest in their communities, too: “If there was ever a moment when the voice of the people can come together in concert to change the fate of our nation, this is it. Arm in arm, organized and ready, every child, woman, and man, must take to the streets to protest this nomination.”
