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On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
Madam President, I don't think anyone is surprised that Democrats have not reacted well to the idea that President Trump will nominate a third Supreme Court Justice. After all, overreacting to Republican nominees is pretty much the Democrats' stock-in-trade. It doesn't matter who the nominee is. To hear the Democrats tell it, any Republican nominee is likely to bring about Armageddon. The fact that some Republican nominees in past years, and as recently as this past June, have sided with the liberal wing of the Court more often than I would like has not in any way restrained Democrats' hysteria each time a new Republican nominee is introduced. I thought we had reached a low point 2 years ago with the nomination of Justice Kavanaugh, who suffered months of character assassination at the hands of Democrats, but it turns out that was not the low point because we have reached a new low. As I said, it is no surprise the Democrats have reacted with hysteria at the prospect of President Trump nominating another Supreme Court Justice. It was disappointing--but hardly surprising--that yesterday the Democratic leader blocked a key Intelligence Committee hearing on election security, a topic he has repeatedly insisted is of overwhelming importance, to protest the thought of the Senate fulfilling its advice and consent role and confirming a principled, conservative woman.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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