Sen. Tammy Duckworth: Reject Trump's judicial nominee for his "complicity in torture"
The senator from Illinois calls on her colleagues to refuse to confirm Howard Nielson as a federal judge
SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH
02.18.2018•8:00 AM
Torture is wrong.
Cruel and unusual punishment betrays our values, undermines the rule of law and violates the United States Constitution.
Those who champion torture and those who equivocate in the face of pressure to justify such abuses fail to uphold the oath they took when they entered public service.
Last November, I was deeply disappointed when a slim majority of Senate Republicans overrode bipartisan objections to confirm Steven Bradbury — the author of the infamous Bush Administration torture memos — to serve in a senior Trump Administration role. This was a step backwards in our nation’s effort to shut the door on that shameful period in recent history.
Making matters worse, the Senate is now on the verge of voting to confirm Howard Nielson — a man who worked alongside Mr. Bradbury on the torture memos — to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge, despite his unapologetic defense of torture and those who sanctioned it.
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republican president's judicial nominees should be rejected.
Second: My Tammy is making more comments to the nation at large, getting her name out there more. When I heard of her pregnancy, I figured there was no way she'd run for president in 20. Now I'm, happily, not so sure. 
Too many people stayed home in 2016.
This is the consequence.
