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elleng

(131,077 posts)
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 12:00 AM Feb 2017

from Kirsten Gillibrand:

President Trump just announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to the Supreme Court, and I’m ready to consider him on his merits.

But President Trump has made it clear that he wants a justice who will carry on Scalia’s legacy of limiting Americans' constitutional rights. If that is the case, let me make one thing very clear: You can count on me to fight back against ANY nomination that threatens the rights of Americans.

Thank you,

Kirsten

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from Kirsten Gillibrand: (Original Post) elleng Feb 2017 OP
Go Kirsten, GO! Raster Feb 2017 #1
NO! Nobody but Garland. marybourg Feb 2017 #2
iii knooooow. mopinko Feb 2017 #3
Not even hearings. appal_jack Feb 2017 #4
Elleng is there a link to this? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #5
Nope, it's an e.mail to me, elleng Feb 2017 #7
yeh okay but the email didn't have a link? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #8
It was in a fund raising email *from Gillibrand*, not a web page. Princess Turandot Feb 2017 #9
Thanks. yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #10
No link; elleng Feb 2017 #12
This was provided by Princess Turandot post #9 yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #14
She announces that after we've seen her actually fight back for Our Values! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #6
No, no more "consideration" from ANY Democrat - not ever again! Impedimentus Feb 2017 #11
I got the same email BadgerMom Feb 2017 #13
 

appal_jack

(3,813 posts)
4. Not even hearings.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 12:40 AM
Feb 2017

Trump is illegitimate. Repubs delayed a qualified nominee from an entirely legitimate President for about a year in an entirely unprecedented display of hubris and naked power.

We can 'consider him on his merits' in 2018 or later. And then we should reject him, and encourage a renomination of Garland. Or better yet, Trump, Pence, and Ryan might be impeached by then...

-app

yuiyoshida

(41,838 posts)
8. yeh okay but the email didn't have a link?
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:37 AM
Feb 2017

From a friend I guess, who heard this? It be good to have some kind of reliable source wouldn't it? And by the way, I just googled it, couldn't find a thing.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
9. It was in a fund raising email *from Gillibrand*, not a web page.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:54 AM
Feb 2017

You can see it referenced here if you need to. It's at the end of the article. (I found it by googling a phrase from the OP.)

http://observer.com/2017/01/schumer-voices-very-serious-doubts-about-trump-supreme-court-pick-gorsuch/

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
6. She announces that after we've seen her actually fight back for Our Values!
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:35 AM
Feb 2017

She gets my applause.

And my vote! Proud to say Ive voted for her since when she first ran!!

Impedimentus

(898 posts)
11. No, no more "consideration" from ANY Democrat - not ever again!
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 02:01 AM
Feb 2017

Gorsuch is an illegitimate nominee. ONLY Garland should be given consideration, period. "Giving consideration" has been the Democratic Party's weakness for TOO long - it has accomplished nothing!

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