Political Quotes

“Thank you, Madam President. July is long gone. August is over. We are now at the end of September. As you just heard--not from the Democratic leader but from the records in the Senate, as spoken by the Chair, there is no, no, no precedent for confirming a Supreme Court Justice between July and election day. The Republican leader can come up with arguments that twist things, that jump through hoops, but it doesn't gainsay no, no, no precedent for any Supreme Court nominee being confirmed between July and election day. As you know, July is gone. August is over. We are now at the end of September. It is 6 weeks before an election in which some people have already begun to vote. Simply, my Republican friends have no ground on which to stand--none. There is no logic to excuse flipping their position 4 years apart, under the same circumstances. There is no justification for the Senators who said on the record that they would ``say the same thing if a Republican president were in office''--``say the same thing if a Republican president were in office'' they said then, but it doesn't apply now that we have a Republican President in office. There is no defense for the Senator who said: ``Precedent set. Precedent set. I'm sure come 2020, you'll remind me of that.'' There is no place to hide for the Senator who said: ``You can say that I said, let the next president decide. Hold this tape.…”