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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think there are two. One is to raise concerns about the way in which this was done and try to get more Americans…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I think there are two. One is to raise concerns about the way in which this was done and try to get more Americans interested in the fact that we're being so badly and so unprecedentedly rolled on this nominee. And the second is to lead into the question from there why. Why is it that the Republicans are so desperate, break so many rules, break so many conventions to try to jam this particular individual on the court.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse discusses the goals of the Democratic senators regarding Kavanaugh's nomination.

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