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On the recordJuly 7, 2016
it would take no time to confirm these judges. These are all people who have been examined by the committee, who have passed out of committee, who are pending on the floor, and who have bipartisan support. These are judges from Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, California, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Utah, Massachusetts, Maryland, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Indiana. Fourteen States will be left without vital judges because of the Republican blockade. At a certain point, reasonable people have to ask: Why are Republicans actually doing this? Is it so that if Donald Trump is elected President, he will be able to nominate more judges? What in this world has Donald Trump ever said or done that makes the majority whip so enthusiastic about his judicial appointments? Is it Trump's enlightened views on the judiciary? Donald Trump is a guy who just a few weeks ago race-baited a Federal judge--attacked a judge who spent years defending America from the terrors of murderers and drug traffickers. Trump attacked him simply because the judge refuses to bend the law to suit Trump's personal financial interests. And where do you think Donald Trump got the idea he can attack the integrity of Federal judges with impunity? He got it from you--from the Republicans in the Senate and their decision to turn scores of highly qualified, nonpartisan judicial appointees into political footballs. Talk is cheap.…
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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