Spicer: ‘Sad and Unfortunate’ that Sen. Udall Is Obstructing a ‘Fair Up and Down Vote’ of Gorsuch

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SPICER: "You don't have to look further than the voices of many of these same Democrats to see why in 2013 Senator Tom Udall said and I quote in full, 'Some of us may disagree with Justice Scalia on judicial philosophy, but he was a qualified nominee. He received an up or down vote and he was unanimously confirmed. Likewise', he said, 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg was considered to [indecipherable] of the former ACLU general council. Many on the other side may have disagreed with her views but there was no filibuster, she was confirmed by a vote of 96-3', end quote. He added, quote, 'A minority in the Senate should not be able to block qualified nominees', end quote. We could not agree more with Senator Udall. Unfortunately, he has now adopted a new party line of obstruction in blocking a fair up or down vote on the confirmation of Judge Gorsuch. It's both, sad and unfortunate. And we encourage all senators from both parties to fairly evaluate the judge's eminent qualifications and grant him an up or down vote."