I think this is a clear defeat for him, and I think it's a defeat because activists around our country, including the Supreme Court, that we already know is tilted in the conservative direction, even calling him out and saying that he's not been truthful with this. This has been a cynical attempt, in my opinion, to not only try to subvert a quality count and quality representation, but somebody who has just failed.
Senator Cory Booker comments on President Trump's failure to add a citizenship question to the census, framing it as a defeat influenced by activists and the Supreme Court.
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We have a governor that's saying this is unacceptable. We're gonna make sure that we get to the bottom of it. People need to be held accountable.
There’s all these [Democratic] priorities that are not reflected in that text, and we’re not going to support it.
It is unacceptable that our highest court has the lowest standards of accountability, and no one should hold immense, unchecked power for decades in the manner our Court currently operates.
This is why your nomination should fail. The attorney general’s client is not the president. It’s the American people.
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