Political Quotes

“we are here today on a unique Saturday, a day that is not normal, a day when the coronavirus is setting new records across the United States for infection--just yesterday, 85,000 new cases, which is the very highest since July-- ravaging the United States, and creating untold hardship and heartbreak. We are in the midst of a raging pandemic, but we are not considering measures to deal with the pain and grief and loss that it has created, the threat that it poses to many States across the country, providing memories for many of us in Connecticut who went through the worst of these ravages and still suffer, in Connecticut, the threat of a new wave. Economic crisis grips this country, people are out of jobs, and small businesses are failing, but we are considering a nominee who would threaten to decimate our healthcare system in the midst of a healthcare crisis as we go through this pandemic. It is a day that is sad, shocking, surreal, and it is not normal. It is not normal to rush through a nominee for the highest Court in the land--a lifetime appointment--while Americans are going to the polls in record numbers. Their voices should be heard, and the next Senate and the President should choose this next Justice. It is not normal because we are, in effect, ignoring and disregarding the duty we have to consider and pass real measures to address this pandemic and the economic crisis we face.…”