Linda Chavez: “My message today is straightforward: Mr. Chairman, do not vote to confirm this nominee.”

It is clear from her record that she has drunk deep from the well of identity politics.

You have to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

he certainly should not be blocked on the -- on the basis of his religion. And it has become increasingly clear that the Republican Party has gotten into some very, very nasty identity politics.

I don't understand what the Republican Party stands for anymore. I really don't because they've embraced populism, which has been, you know -- there's Bernie Sanders populism and there's Donald Trump populism.