Schumer: Trump Should Have Consulted with Senate Dems Before Picking SCOTUS Nominee

SCHUMER Let s have ░░░░░░░░ President consult members of ░░░░░░░░ parties he didn t ░░░░░░░░ didn t with Gorsuch ░░░░░░░░ try to come up ░░░░░░░░ a consensus nominee who ░░░░░░░░ meet a 60 vote ░░░░░░░░ That s what president ░░░░░░░░ did with my friend ░░░░░░░░ senator from Utah in ░░░░░░░░ Justices Ginsburg and Breyer ░░░░░░░░ s what President Obama ░░░░░░░░ with Merrick Garland Of ░░░░░░░░ we realize a nominee ░░░░░░░░ this way would not ░░░░░░░░ with many of our ░░░░░░░░ That s true But ░░░░░░░░ Trump was elected president ░░░░░░░░ he s entitled by ░░░░░░░░ Constitution to nominate But ░░░░░░░░ Gorsuch is so far ░░░░░░░░ of the mainstream that ░░░░░░░░ Washington Post said his ░░░░░░░░ record would place him ░░░░░░░░ the right of Justice ░░░░░░░░ He was selected by ░░░░░░░░ Heritage Foundation and the ░░░░░░░░ Society without an iota ░░░░░░░░ input from the Senate ░░░░░░░░ s a better way ░░░░░░░░ do this I know ░░░░░░░░ sometimes may seem like ░░░░░░░░ foreign concept in our ░░░░░░░░ polarized politics these days ░░░░░░░░ there is always the ░░░░░░░░ of actually consulting us ░░░░░░░░ on a nominee and ░░░░░░░░ a way forward that ░░░░░░░░ parties can live with ░░░░░░░░ are willing to meet ░░░░░░░░ any time Mr President ░░░░░░░░ friends on the other ░░░░░░░░ can dredge up these ░░░░░░░░ wounds and shop on ░░░░░░░░ points if they choose ░░░░░░░░ Republicans want to conduct ░░░░░░░░ partisan they started it ░░░░░░░░ I m sure we ░░░░░░░░ trace this all the ░░░░░░░░ back to the Hamilton ░░░░░░░░ duel But at the ░░░░░░░░ of the day they ░░░░░░░░ to confront a simple ░░░░░░░░ Are they willing to ░░░░░░░░ the rules of the ░░░░░░░░ or can they work ░░░░░░░░ us on a way ░░░░░░░░ I for one hope ░░░░░░░░ we can find a ░░░░░░░░ to compromise Justice Gorsuch ░░░░░░░░ Gorsuch was not a ░░░░░░░░ He was solely chosen ░░░░░░░░ any consultation So it ░░░░░░░░ not that there s ░░░░░░░░ Merrick equivalency As my ░░░░░░░░ the majority leader has ░░░░░░░░ I think we can ░░░░░░░░ that in the Senate ░░░░░░░░ takes 60 votes on ░░░░░░░░ matters If anything is ░░░░░░░░ controversial important matter it ░░░░░░░░ the selection of the ░░░░░░░░ Court And Senator McConnell ░░░░░░░░ repeatedly stood for the ░░░░░░░░ the rightness of 60 ░░░░░░░░ on important and controversial ░░░░░░░░ If Senator McConnell wants ░░░░░░░░ change his view on ░░░░░░░░ 60 votes all of ░░░░░░░░ sudden and Republicans decide ░░░░░░░░ go along with him ░░░░░░░░ won t be because ░░░░░░░░ started it because that ░░░░░░░░ not true It won ░░░░░░░░ be because Democrats won ░░░░░░░░ confirm any President Trump ░░░░░░░░ justice because that s ░░░░░░░░ true It will be ░░░░░░░░ they choose to do ░░░░░░░░ and they will have ░░░░░░░░ bear the unfortunate consequences.”