\u201cI am still angry about the treatment of [President Barack Obama\u2019s nominee] Merrick Garland,\u201d Blumenthal noted. \u201cMy Republican colleagues have said if the shoe were on the other foot, we would have done the same. It would have been as wrong if we had [refused to give Garland a hearing] as it was when they did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my vote is not about Merrick Garland,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is about Neil Gorsuch and it is about the constitutional crisis that may well be looming as a potential threat to our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blumenthal pointed out that FBI Director James Comey has testified that the agency is investigating ties between President Trump\u2019s associates and the Russian interference in the U.S. elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe independence of our judicial branch has never been more threatened or more important,\u201d the senator declared, citing impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon. \u201cThe possibility of a Supreme Court needing to enforce a subpoena against the president of the United States is far from idle speculation. It has happened before in United States vs. Nixon.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m not aware of any evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to interfere in the US elections. I am, however, aware of emails that were made available to the public which made voters turn against the Democrats because of the conduct of candidates and members of their staff.<\/p>\n
I’d also consider calling oneself a Vietnam veteran when oneself never stepped outside the United States during the Vietnam War as interfering in an election or two. I guess when you can’t find a real reason to vote against a Supreme Court nominee, you can just make shit up – especially when you already have a reputation of being a worthless lying sack of shit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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