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Elizabeth Warren Storms The Senate To Take On Spineless Republicans: Where Are You?
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/30/elizabeth-warren-storms-senate-spineless-republicans-where-you.htmlElizabeth Warren Storms The Senate To Take On Spineless Republicans: ‘Where Are You?’
By Sean Colarossi on Mon, Jan 30th, 2017 at 9:04 pm
During a protest of Donald Trump’s recent Muslim ban by Senate Democrats, Sen. Elizabeth Warren stormed the floor of the U.S. Senate to ask her Republican colleagues to show some backbone and stand up to the new president.
Warren rattled off a list of Republicans who voiced opposition to Trump’s Muslim ban during the campaign, including Vice President Mike Pence, and asked why they aren’t standing up to him today.
“Where are you?” she said after calling out GOP leaders that are silent now but opposed Trump’s proposal during the campaign.
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Warren said:
Donald Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. During his presidential campaign, he promised “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” That’s what he said. And last year, it seemed like pretty much everyone agreed that this was not acceptable in the United States of America. Speaker Paul Ryan declared that “a religious test for entering our country is not reflective of America’s fundamental values. I reject it.” So where are you now Paul Ryan? Have you rejected President Trump’s order to impose “a religious test for entering our country?” Have you introduced a bill to overturn it? You have the power. Where are you? As governor of Indiana, Vice President Mike Pence said that “calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offesnive and unconstitutional.” So where are you right now, Vice President Pence? Have you called to overturn President Trump’s “offensive and unconsitutional” order? Have you asked Republicans to introduce a bill to overturn it? You have a platform. Where are you? And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a Muslim ban “completely and totally inconsistent with American values. So where are you right now, Mitch McConnell? Have you rejected President Trump’s Muslim ban that is “completely and totally inconsistent with American values?” Have you introduced a bill to overturn it? You have the power. Where are you?
“President Trump ignored these Republican leaders and today these Republican leaders will not stand up for what is right,” Warren added.
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