W.H. Chief of Staff on SCOTUS: The People Have Chosen; They Re-Elected Obama

STEPHANOPOULOS: "We’re also seeing the opposition ramp up as well, including ads by the Judicial Crisis Network against some Democratic senators as well as Republicans, this one against Senator Heitkamp of North Dakota."
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UNKNOWN  FEMALE (voice-over): "The right to bear arms, the future of energy production, religious freedom, they’re all at stake. The Supreme Court will preserve or end this way of life. Senator Heitkamp and President Obama want to take the future of the court out of your hands. Tell Senator Heitkamp and President Obama no."
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STEPHANOPOULOS: "They say the people should choose. Your response?"
MCDONOUGH: "Well, the people have chosen. The president was elected overwhelmingly, resoundingly in 2012 and people elected him to a four-year term. You know, George, I’m not surprised, given what’s happening in Washington these days to see that the special interests are kind of pouring a lot of money into this thing. And what we don’t want to see happen is have these unelected special interests determine the fate of somebody who’s a very patriotic man, somebody who’s dedicated his life to the protection of law in this country, have them determine the outcome of this. There’s a way that this — these things get handled. If people have questions about the judge’s positions and the judge’s remarkable experience, including prosecuting Timothy McVeigh, prosecuting the Unabomber, then they should have hearings, they should vote in a committee and then they should vote in the Senate to make sure that he can assume his seat on the Supreme Court."