Here’s another Senate Democrat that needs to hear from you:
Democrats really want to be the reasonable ones. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that his Supreme Court pick would be Neil Gorsuch, and by and large, they plan to abide by the normal Senate process and consider the nominee on his merits.
But they can’t forget about Merrick Garland.
That was President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court seat that opened up in February 2016 ― the same seat Trump is now filling. Republicans prevented Obama from filling the seat all year by denying Garland a hearing, insisting that, because Obama was in his final year in office, the next president should get to fill the seat. It was a cynical strategy hatched by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to hold the seat open for Trump, and it worked. Republicans now get to fill the seat with a GOP nominee.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Tuesday before Trump’s announcement that she wanted to wait to learn about the nominee before saying much about the confirmation process. She stepped into an elevator as a HuffPost reporter asked if she had lingering bad feelings from Garland’s fight.
“What do you think?” she asked as the doors closed.
I think Stabenow doesn’t have anything to really think about with this fight. She’s angry and she needs to channel that anger in taking down Gorusch’s nomination. Click here to tell her to do so.