On the recordOctober 25, 2020
So I appeal, again, one last time to the conscience of the Senate. This is not a time to proceed. This is a time for grace. It is not a time to proceed. It is a time to firm up the foundations of our Republic. It is not a time to proceed. It is a time to listen to the American people. It is a time to listen to the voters lined up now. It is a time to listen and wait. I know there are a lot of Americans who are concerned right now, not with the one nominee but with how this process has gone. It is a process that is eroding people's trust and their faith in the institution. They don't see fairness in this. They look at the own words of Republican Senators and don't understand how hypocrisy like that can stand--one standard for one President, another standard for another. But I want to tell everyone who is hurting right now, everyone who is worried about our Republic, everyone who is concerned in this moment about their healthcare and their voting rights and their Nation that this is not a time to give up. There will be difficult days ahead, but it is not a time to give up. We know that healthcare is at risk, but it is not a time to give up. We know that women controlling their own bodies, sacrosanct as that idea is and as under threat as it now is--it is not a time to give up. LGBTQ rights are under threat, but it is not a time to give up. We cannot give up in the cause of our country. It is not a right cause or a left cause. It is a right and wrong cause.…
