Schumer Announces He Will Oppose Gorsuch: ‘Change the Nominee’ Not Rules

Schumer After careful deliberation ░░░░░░░░ have concluded that I ░░░░░░░░ support Judge Neil Gorsuch ░░░░░░░░ nomination to the Supreme ░░░░░░░░ His nomination will have ░░░░░░░░ cloture vote He will ░░░░░░░░ to earn 60 votes ░░░░░░░░ confirmation My vote will ░░░░░░░░ no and I urge ░░░░░░░░ colleagues to do the ░░░░░░░░ To my Republican friends ░░░░░░░░ think that if Judge ░░░░░░░░ fails to reach 60 ░░░░░░░░ we ought to change ░░░░░░░░ rules I say if ░░░░░░░░ nominee cannot earn 60 ░░░░░░░░ a bar met by ░░░░░░░░ of President Obama s ░░░░░░░░ and George Bush s ░░░░░░░░ two nominees the answer ░░░░░░░░ t to change the ░░░░░░░░ it s to change ░░░░░░░░ nominee Judge Gorsuch was ░░░░░░░░ to sufficiently convince me ░░░░░░░░ he d be an ░░░░░░░░ check on the President ░░░░░░░░ has shown almost no ░░░░░░░░ from executive overreach Second ░░░░░░░░ was unable to convince ░░░░░░░░ that he could be ░░░░░░░░ mainstream justice who could ░░░░░░░░ free from the biases ░░░░░░░░ politics and ideology His ░░░░░░░░ in judicial records suggests ░░░░░░░░ a neutral legal mind ░░░░░░░░ someone with a deep ░░░░░░░░ conservative ideology He was ░░░░░░░░ by the Federalist Society ░░░░░░░░ has not shown one ░░░░░░░░ of difference between his ░░░░░░░░ and theirs And finally ░░░░░░░░ is someone who almost ░░░░░░░░ favors the powerful over ░░░░░░░░ weak corporations over working ░░░░░░░░ There could not be ░░░░░░░░ worse time for someone ░░░░░░░░ those instincts Judge Gorsuch ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to disabuse us ░░░░░░░░ all these objections was ░░░░░░░░ the hearing process but ░░░░░░░░ declined to answer question ░░░░░░░░ question after question with ░░░░░░░░ substance Instead of an ░░░░░░░░ calling balls and strikes ░░░░░░░░ baseball what we really ░░░░░░░░ was an expert a ░░░░░░░░ trained expert in dodgeball.”