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Chuck Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s Nomination

Posted by ty97 Mar 23 '17, 07:57

They'll lose of course, and some Dems don't want to do because of that, but they really have no choice or the base will chew them up

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-schumer-neil-gorsuch_us_58d3da09e4b0f838c630067b?dc8jnjsphzhugnwmi (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Good. We can't have hearings on a nominee 6 months before the election, but we can have a President under investigation for what, if proved, is - jnine Mar 23, 08:17 1
- Unfortunately, there is no Dem power to stop it. GOP will kill filibuster for SCOTUS noms and that's that. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:24
"after careful deliberation" Translation - Strongbad Mar 23, 08:01 2
- ...and? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 23, 08:18
- And I'm okay with that too. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 08:08
Yup, no choice. I'd have been furious with him and others if they didn't put up a fight. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 07:59 12
- I could understand if they didn't do it based on the fact that they know it won't work, but yeah, lots of people would have been pissed. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:02 11
  - It working or not doesn't matter to me. I need to see them fight and stop being the only ones willing to make compromises. They give in and get - Krusty Mar 23, 08:07 10
    - And that's why they have to do it. You are one of many who feel that way. - ty97 Mar 23, 08:09 9
      - I'm angry so they shouldn't be listening to people like me. :-) What I want likely isn't best for the party or the country. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 08:10 8
        
        There are lots of folks angry like you. The filibuster for SCOTUS is going away one way or the other anyway, so I don't see this hurting - ty97 Mar 23, 08:11 7
        
        Yeah, they'd have a very angry left coming at them and they don't want to fight against their own voters. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 08:13 6
        
        Sounds like a few of them do, but Schumer's smart enough to know that's a bad idea. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:14 5
        
        He's also had people outside his Park Slope brownstone on a nightly basis to remind him. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 08:21 4
        
        For some reason, I assumed he lived upstate. No idea why. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:22 3
        
        He's a Brooklynite from birth. :-) He lives in an apt. building on Prospect Park West. I thought it was a brownstone but it's an - Krusty Mar 23, 08:26 2
        
        Perhaps living in the building provides better security? -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 08:34 1
        
        Maybe. He would likely have other people on his floor so that's less safe than a private house. - Krusty Mar 23, 08:35
Good. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 23, 07:59

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