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Richard Blumenthal: “I don't want to repeat what happened to Judge Merrick Garland. That was a travesty, an outrage. I'm still angry about…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2017
I don't want to repeat what happened to Judge Merrick Garland. That was a travesty, an outrage. I'm still angry about it.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal expresses his anger over the treatment of Merrick Garland's nomination and stresses the importance of a fair hearing for Gorsuch.

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