Schumer Complains Trump Did Not Consult Him for SCOTUS Ideas

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SCHUMER: "That’s why America is on hooks so worried about any choice from this list. Let me repeat again. Mr. Leonard Leo et owe is the man who assembled Trump’s list of Supreme Court nominees and no one has been more dedicated to overturning Roe v. Wade than Leonard Leo. Now normally in the Senate, we have a process of advising consent on the Supreme Court. In the old days, the president would consult with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate on a qualified judge and then after careful deliberation nominate a jurist to get bipartisan support. What we have here is the exact opposite. The president has gone to two hard right groups, the heritage Foundation and the federalist society, and asked them, not the Senate, to advise and consent on a Supreme Court nomination. Whomever the president selects tonight, if that nominee is from the pre-approved list selected by Leo and the Heritage Foundation, everyone ought to understand what it means for the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions and for the protection for Americans with preexisting conditions. Those rights will be gravely threatened."

(Via the Daily Caller)