Political Quotes

Claire McCaskill

The Public Record

Apr 6, 2022

We are going to get a Supreme Court justice confirmed tomorrow by the 53 as you mentioned and it will be a great day. And hopefully, the new justice will set a great example for Clarence Thomas in terms of paying close attention to the ethics rules and serving on the highest court in the land.

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Apr 6, 2022

And you know the name that will make me sad, Lawrence, in this political environment? It will make my heart hurt when Tim Scott votes no. It will make my heart hurt.

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Apr 6, 2022

Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from Supreme Court cases involving the 2020 election and the attack on the capital.

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Apr 6, 2022

Yes. And it is as plain as the nose on his face that he should have recused himself under the law. The question is an enforcement mechanism. And the Supreme Court does not think they need a enforcement mechanism. Well, I disagree, clearly they do. Clearly they need someone enforcing the rule because Clarence Thomas did not think it applied to him. And that is very dangerous, especially on the highest court of the land.

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Mar 30, 2022

If somebody tells you can’t vote, guess what it makes you want to do? Go vote.

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Mar 30, 2022

Merrick Garland is all we have to talk about. If you want to talk about the road to making Supreme Court nominees 100 percent political, that was Mitch McConnell, with the assistance of the Republican Caucus, that did that.

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Mar 30, 2022

If impartiality can be reasonably questioned a justice is supposed to recuse himself.

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Mar 30, 2022

They want marginalized people, they want people who have -- are transient, who haven`t lived in the same place for a long time, they want students, they want black and brown people, they want to keep them from voting.

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Mar 30, 2022

What`s really disgusting about where we are right now, Stephanie, is hundreds of people, rabid followers of Donald Trump, that were brought to Washington promised it was going to be wild, told to come and stop the steal. They have lawyers. They`re going to jail. They`re in courtrooms for the first time in their life.

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Mar 30, 2022

Now, John Roberts is having some sleepless nights. Their poll numbers are dipping. Americans faith in the court is slipping.

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Mar 30, 2022

Because Cawthorn was saying it about his colleagues.

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