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On the recordNovember 6, 2023
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee considered several of President Biden's recent judicial appointments. I would have thought that they would have figured out by now that they hit rock bottom a few months ago with some of these nominees that are not out of the mainstream, but they really are far left. Here are some examples: Nancy Abudu, she endorsed political violence against conservatives; Todd Edelman used his authority to release a known criminal who then went on to participate in the murder of a child; Marian Gaston opposed residence restrictions for convicted child sex offenders; and DeAndrea Benjamin released violent criminals on bond, only to watch them offend again. But not to be outdone, the White House has continued this trend with Seth Aframe's nomination to the First Circuit. The White House and Senate Democrats don't have a great track record when it comes to putting a nominee forward for this seat. Back in February, I came to the floor to oppose Michael Delaney's nomination to the First Circuit bench. You will remember that Mr. Delaney threatened to expose a 15-year-old sexual assault survivor if she came forward with her story. That is right--he threatened to expose a 15-year-old sexual assault survivor if she went public. Well, that was a shameful debacle. Everyone saw it. You would think the President's team would have learned their lessons.…
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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