Chuck Schumer: Senate Shouldnt Vote On Neil Gorsuch While FBI Investigates Trump

[Miles Archer]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the Senate to delay a vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick as long as Trump’s campaign remains under investigation by the FBI.

Democrats have struggled to come up with a cohesive strategy on how to handle the vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump picked in January to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the high court.

On Monday, FBI Director James Comey confirmed in his testimony to Congress that his agency is investigating ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

“There is a cloud now hanging over the head of the president, and while that’s happening, to have a lifetime appointment made by this president seems very unseemly and there ought to be a delay,” Schumer told reporters on Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-schumer-gorsuch-trump_us_58d189b3e4b0be71dcf8da7c?

[NewRedDawn]

1. Yes Sir Chuck!

[gopiscrap]

2. I agree, Senator

[Cryptoad]

3. I hope the Leadership ,,,

realizes what harm it will do to the Party if they do not fight this all the way even to forcing the Nuclear Option!

[SpankMe]

4. If we have to wait until Trump's tax audit is complete before he'll release them...

...then it's only fair to wait until the Russia investigation is over before we vote on Gorsuch.

[BREMPRO]

5. Sounds like the huffpost op-ed finally made it to his desk.

This is the MOST compelling, and publicly appealing reason to delay a vote in my opinion.

[Lucky Luciano]

6. Agreed - because this goes deeper than revenge for

the injustice of garland being blocked.

Even if garland were not blocked, asshat's legitimacy is completely in question - which means his appointments are too.

[BREMPRO]

9. Yes, I just hope the dems don't fumble again.

they can't make it look politically motivated, but frame it broadly for the preservation of the integrity of the US government against foreign influence. They also should have a response ready for the predictable thin skinned twitter storm from Rump claiming "poor losers" etc..

[CincyDem]

27. They have to reframe this...Gorsuch "could be" Putin's pick depending on the investigation results.

[furtheradu]

10. "legitimacy completely in question" -YES!

EVERYTHING oughta come to a screeching halt, till ALL the FACTS & crimes come to Light.

[yeoman6987]

31. Be careful

Repugs would use this to stop the debt ceiling increase. At least wait for that to pass.

[ffr]

7. Zzzzzzzzzzing! What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[tavernier]

25. Sadly, we know who does the goose step best

in this country.

[onetexan]

8. This should extend to any further policy-making currently in the works by the GOP

it should be a CEASE & DESIST till investigation is completed. In Agent Orange's own words, "a president under investigation can’t govern or lead".

Speaking of which, here's a petition from MoveOn.org calling for such:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/shut-down-and-investigate?akid=180066.35562029.TW-Tnl&rd=1&source=mo&t=2

[furtheradu]

11. Signed!

Thank You!

[onetexan]

12. Thank you!!!

[ananda]

13. So, make it happen Schumer!

You can do it, for sure!

Or are you just talkin' big but not really meanin' it.

[mountain grammy]

14. If Democrats don't filibuster this prick.

I will have to wonder why I'm still a card carrying Democrat.

[Sunlei]

15. yes, and he needs to answer who are his shadow backers. He refused to answer.

[furtheradu]

17. That's a deal breaker, where I'm from!

That, & his attitude dealing with female senators..
Dems need to shut it down.

[Sunlei]

19. Someone promoted him to trump, someone created the list trump waved around months ago.

Who backed him for SC, it shouldn't be a secret- he should be proud enough to say who backed him & when.

Because he won't speak about his backers, I have to imagine he may have been part of the 'group' who treated President Obama and his nominee Garland so disrespectfully.

Part of that group because he knew early last year he'd get the SC position when Republicans ignored Garland for almost a year!.

[furtheradu]

22. Who's joining me in contacting Schumer?

He needs to know we expect him to shut this down!
I agree, too much secrecy, hidden backers, dark money. &on their agenda for HOW long? ?
Shut it DOWN.
Republikers showed us how to do it, dang it,
& Obama was squeaky clean, God bless him.

[Sunlei]

24. post the contact information and I'll call and email.

[furtheradu]

28. I'm south o' texas, not his constituent..

But my email seems to have gone through!
I used: schumer.senate.gov
Phone #'s :
518-431-4070
631-753-0978
212-486-4430
These are NYS, still have to find dc #'s

I used to use Congress.org, but the site has changed, not as user-friendly.

Thank YOU!

[still_one]

16. Please follow through Senator

[riversedge]

18. Agree.

[McCamy Taylor]

20. Make the GOP go "nuclear". Then, when Trump is gone, Gorsuch will be under such a cloud

of illegitimacy that the first time he makes a Bush v. Gore misstep, the next Democratic Congress will impeach him.


Given what is going on, the Dems must assume that the litmus test Gorsuch passed was Trump asking him "If a case about me and Russia comes before the court, you have my back, right?" That is all the excuse the Dems need to just vote no. They can save the payback for what was done to Obama's nominee for Paul Ryan's first pick when he is finally POTUS (Spence is going down with Trump).

BTW President Paul Ryan sounds like a joke, doesn't it? But so did President Gerald R. Ford.

[Valhallakey]

21. To add to that sentence

“There is a cloud now hanging over the head of the president, and while that’s happening, to have a lifetime appointment made by this president seems very unseemly - and would leave a permanent cloud over any decisions Gorsuch makes on the Supreme Court"

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

23. "Does best Kentucky accent"

I firmly believe the current vacancy on the court should not be filled until the American People once again have a sane president.

[furtheradu]

29. I hear Ya, Grandad!

Kentucky accent,& all!

[riversedge]

26. Rec. and Thank you Sen. Schumer

[rickford66]

30. Wasn't one of the GOPs excuse to not hold hearings for Obama's nominee

you shouldn't have hearings during a campaign. Well Trump is campaigning for the 2020 election now.