Hundreds of people turned up at the Hart and Dirksen Senate Office Buildings on Thursday to challenge Kavanaugh s nomination after three women accused him of various forms of sexual misconduct reports CNN.
In a statement the US Capitol Police said that 293 people were arrested for "unlawfully demonstrating" in the buildings and another nine for "crowding obstructing and incommoding" reports Efe news.
Video from the scene shows the two actresses being detained after an officer asked if they want to be arrested.
Additional footage shows them waiting to be processed near a wall with officers.
Schumer told CNN that she was arrested. While Ratajkowski took to social media to say she was arrested.
"Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power " Ratajkowski tweeted.
"Bravery is contagious " "Stop Kavanaugh " "Kavanaugh has to go " and "We don t want rapists in court" were the most recurring slogans during the march.
Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual abuse by three women including Christine Blasey Ford who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last the week saying she was 100 per cent sure that the Supreme Court nominee tried to rape her in 1982.
The Senate in which the Republican have a narrow 51-49 majority is due to vote on Kavanaugh s confirmation on Saturday.
The party however needs a simple majority of 51 votes in the Senate for its judicial nomination to be approved.
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