Political Quotes

“I just heard the Republican leader say there is no inconsistency between what the Republicans are doing now with Amy Coney Barrett's nomination and what they did with Merrick Garland in 2016. Who would believe that? The contradiction is glaring. The contradiction will be a stain on the leader's forehead and on the entire Republican caucus if it continues. We just heard another warped, distorted, and convoluted history lesson from Leader McConnell. We know how defensive he is about the blatant, 180-degree, hypocritical turn he has made on Supreme Court nominations, but a distorted, warped history lesson will not remove the stain. Only one thing will, Leader McConnell: Withdraw the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett until after the election, plain and simple. Now we meet here in a rare Saturday session because there is nothing--nothing--remotely normal about the Republicans' drive to confirm Judge Barrett to the Supreme Court only days before a Presidential election. Four years ago, the entire Republican Senate said it was a principle--that was their word, ``principle''--that Supreme Court Justices should not be confirmed in Presidential election years.…”