Chuck Schumer: Neil Gorsuch Must Condemn Donald Trump Publicly

WASHINGTON ― If President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, wants to convince Democrats that he has the backbone to stand up to the White House as an associate justice, he has to do more than criticize Trump’s attacks on the judiciary in private, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told reporters Wednesday that Gorsuch admitted in their one-on-one meeting that Trump’s disparagement of judges was “disheartening” and “demoralizing.”

Although Trump denied Gorsuch said such things, former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), who is escorting the judge to meetings, said the comments were accurate.

Now, Schumer says Gorsuch has to say the same to the world.

“It’s not your feelings that matter. You’ve got to condemn [Trump’s comments] and condemn them publicly,” Schumer told several reporters, confirming that Gorsuch used similar language with him.

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