On the recordOctober 21, 2020
by now, the American people know the rank hypocrisy of the Republican majority, who, so many, when Merrick Garland was proposed as a nominee, said we must wait, even though it was 8 months before an election. When Merrick Garland was nominated 8 months before an election, we have to wait for an election. Now that an election is ongoing, we are rushing through this nomination. It is one of the worst moments the Senate has ever seen. Leader McConnell and the Republican majority have defiled the Senate, and one can wonder if it will ever recover from this kind of rank hypocrisy. And so, because this has been the most rushed, most partisan, and least legitimate process in the history of Supreme Court nominations, Judiciary members will boycott the markup tomorrow and not provide the quorum that is required because it is a bipartisan quorum. The bottom line is very simple. We should not be moving forward on this nomination. She is so out of character with American views. Her views are way, way, way to the right. She has stated she wants to repeal the ACA and take away healthcare. She has said she would oppose Roe v. Wade and remove American women's right to control their own bodies. She has opposed labor rights. She is to the right of Justice Scalia on gun safety. On issue after issue, this nominee is so far out of the mainstream that her views, if she had to get them to pass in a legislature, would never pass even with all Republicans.…
