McConnell: We’ll ‘Reaffirm’ Everyone’s Innocent Until Proven Guilty or the ‘Mob Can Attack and the Senate Caves’

‘Or we’ll stand up and say that serious, thoughtful, fact-based deliberation will still define this body’

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McCONNELL: “When we vote later this morning, we will not only be deciding whether to elevate a stunningly well-qualified judge to our highest court — not anymore, not after all this — the United States Senate will also be making a statement. We'll either state that partisan politics can override the presumption of innocence, or we’ll reaffirm in the United States of America everyone is innocent until proven guilty. We’ll either state that facts and evidence can simply be brushed aside when politically inconvenient and signal that media bullying and mob intimidation are valid tactics for shaping the Senate. The mob can attack, and the Senate caves. Or we’ll stand up and say that serious, thoughtful, fact-based deliberation will still define this body. We’ll either give notice that totally uncorroborated allegations are now officially — officially enough to destroy an American’s life, or we’ll declare that our society cannot, must not, will not set the bar so low. “

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