Political Quotes

“Senators have worked through the weekend and the clock is obviously winding down later today. Tonight after final confirmation vote, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is going to become Justice Amy Coney Barrett. For those of us who have been advocating for her--in my case it has been since the summer of 2017--that is welcome news. She is an unparalleled nominee and will be a dazzling originalist on the Supreme Court. None of the baseless allegations that have been leveled against Judge Barrett have swayed any votes. Democrats didn't lay a glove on Judge Barrett in her confirmation hearing, and I think she ran circles around career politicians who want to outsource more lawmaking to unelected judges. Some folks are upset about that, and even though many of my male colleagues on the Judiciary Committee also complimented the Judiciary Committee chairman on a very well-run hearing, tragically, the minority leader--it seems that he has decided to make Dianne Feinstein a scapegoat for the unforgiveable sin of being unwilling to turn more of Judge Barrett's hearing into another Michael Avenatti clown show. I think that is just a painful moment in this institution's history, and it speaks volumes about how low some people are willing to sink in response to outside activists who would like to see bare- knuckle politics be the only thing that happens in the Senate. Judge Barrett's opponents know that they don't have the votes. They know they don't actually have public support.…”