Democratic Senator Throws Down And Warns GOP On Voting For Trump SCOTUS Nominee

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) laid it out for Senate Republicans. A vote for an extremist Trump Supreme Court nominee could be a career-ending move.

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Let me start with the basic question here. Help me out. Where, where do you sit? It feels as if Senate Democrats in general all–have all sorts of ideas on how to handle this Supreme Court fight. What is yours?

SENATOR MARIA CANTWELL:

Well, this is a very different Supreme Court discussion because everyone in the United States Senate who’s going to vote on this knows that it will change the balance of power. So you’re not just voting on whether you think Trump should have his nominee, you’re voting on whether that nominee is going to change precedent when it comes to a whole host of issues of women’s right to choose, your access to health care. Whether if you have diabetes or asthma, all of a sudden a preexisting condition is no longer allowed and you have to pay more for insurance. So I think that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle know that this vote could be a– one of the key votes of their entire career. And they know that no matter what spin comes out of the White House, if they vote for somebody who’s going to change precedent, it could be a career-ending move.

There are going to be consequences if Republicans push through an extremist Trump Supreme Court nominee before Election Day. Women and other voters aren’t going to forget what they have done. Cantwell’s message was that these Senators will be judged for the rest of their careers off of this vote, so they had better tread carefully because if they don’t, Democrats will make sure that voters remember what they have done in this election and many more to come.

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they have done in this election and many more to come.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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