RepublicansPeople Are Sharing This Photo Of Male Republicans Sitting Behind Their Female Prosecutor At The Kavanaugh Hearing“We’re just a bunch of boys, hiding behind a lady, asking another lady why she wants to ruin the life of one of our boys.”By by Krystie Lee YandoliBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on September 27, 2018, 7:54 pmTwitterFacebookLink Osita Nwanevu @OsitaNwanevu This is what Christine Blasey Ford is looking at as she describes her sexual assault. 02:45 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite But people also started sharing this specific photo of Mitchell, who sat in front of the 11 white male GOP members during Thursday’s hearing as she questioned Ford.The picture was taken by Tom Williams, a photographer for Roll Call. Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen The Republicans and their “female assistant.” 📷 credit @pennstatetom 06:21 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Some wondered why the senators asked Mitchell to do the questioning in the first place.Others suggested Mitchell was being used as a “human shield” to protect the male senators from looking bad in interrogating Ford. Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts If these male Senators need a woman to do their jobs, shouldn't we make it official and replace them with women? #KavanaughHearings https://t.co/25UnJ8apNX 06:16 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 🇺🇸Ⓙⓞⓝ Ⓞⓣⓣ🇺🇸 42 days @OriginalJLP They needed a woman to do it because they would have fucked it up real quick https://t.co/jnZWvK3KW9 06:21 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Ana Breton @missbreton We're just a bunch of boys, hiding behind a lady, asking another lady why she wants to ruin the life of one of our boys https://t.co/IHju1MWrBA 05:47 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Others argued the photo was representative of broader gender politics in the US. ian bremmer @ianbremmer Politics of gender, US Senate 06:29 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Clarence Hill Jr @clarencehilljr she is carrying their water https://t.co/GbbRtUzCar 06:01 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Lexie @LexNotVexed85 We as women are the issue a lot of the times... if we would all unite together then men would not always hold the power. Instead we are content doing the dirty work for them instead. https://t.co/zgw2MPL67Y 06:11 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite The picture was also called “a photo for the history books” that people will remember in years to come. Matt Novak @paleofuture Photo for the history books by Tom Williams at Getty Images 06:33 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Mo Elleithee @MoElleithee This photo by Tom Williams @Reuters is going to quickly become one of those iconic photos that remind future generations of this historic day. https://t.co/1HxRmU8cai 06:57 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Still, after a day of emotional testimony from both Ford and Kavanaugh, many simply felt this one photo spoke volumes. Jessy Han @hjessy_ This picture is worth more than a thousand words. (Tom Williams/Pool via @Reuters) 05:56 PM - 27 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Topics in this articleRepublicans