This undermines the basic decency of this committee.
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Booker criticized the committee's handling of the nomination process during the meeting.
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I cannot support your nomination. I think you’ve shown failure of leadership at a time that America especially needs people of honor to stand up and show what leadership actually is.
This lacks decency. It lacks decorum. It shows you do not want to simply hear from your colleagues. This is absolutely wrong.
For weeks, Americans have watched federal agents with no visible identification detain people off the streets and instill fear in communities across the country.
We are standing at a moment where our president is eviscerating the Constitution of the United States of America, and we’re willing to go along with that today. No, no, not on my watch.





