2 Democratic Senators Say Neil Gorsuch Refused To Meet With Them

[rogue emissary]

By Jennifer Bendery
WASHINGTON ― Two U.S. senators, Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), say President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, has refused to meet with them in the weeks leading up to his confirmation vote.

Both senators noted this detail in statements this week announcing they plan to vote against him.

“Unfortunately, Judge Gorsuch has not made the effort to meet with me in person to answer the serious questions I have about his record and he in fact cancelled a meeting we had previously scheduled,” Duckworth said. “I refuse to vote to end debate on a nominee who refuses to provide any answers to my questions.”

“Unfortunately, after requesting a meeting with the Judge for several weeks, he has refused to honor this request,” Cortez Masto said. “The U.S. Constitution has entrusted the Senate with the role of advising the President on the highest court of the land and in refusing to meet with me, he has disrespected our nation’s founding principles and pillars core to our democratic institutions.” . . . .


A White House spokesman, who spoke only on background, said Gorsuch has met with most senators and is still open to meeting with Cortez Masto.

“Judge Gorsuch has met with nearly 80 Senators,” the spokesman said in an email. “In early February, the White House nominations team reached out to Senator Cortez Masto requesting a meeting be scheduled. . . .

Christopher Kang, a former White House staffer who led Senate outreach for the confirmations of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, said his team offered a courtesy meeting to all 100 senators. . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/neil-gorsuch-senate-democrats_us_58de7fc8e4b0ba3595948896?y780bnk99vefhzd7vi

This guy seems unwilling or unable to do the very basic tasks of becoming Supreme Court Justice.

[jehop61]

1. And

these senators are both women. Coincidence?

[Squinch]

2. Not even a little bit.

[rogue emissary]

3. Nope. They're both minority women as well.

Including the fact he didn't bother to meet with Harris.

[sheshe2]

6. They are woman and beneath him.

If he gets on the court I hope Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor kick his lily white mans ass all over the court!

[LisaM]

4. Whoa.

I hope the Democrats who say they'll vote for him are aware of this. How disrespectful. And a pretty clear signal on how he'll vote on women's issues.

[sheshe2]

7. Bingo!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Talk about dissing the wrong people.

This will haunt this sucker for years to come.

[Bluepinky]

8. Maybe he's like Pence.

He can't eat with or be alone with a woman who is not his wife.