McCaskill to oppose Gorsuch nomination, support possible Democratic filibuster
Source: STL Post Dispatch
WASHINGTON • Sen. Claire McCaskill will oppose the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and vote to support a Democratic filibuster of President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.
“This is a really difficult decision for me,” McCaskill, D-Mo., said Friday in a statement. “I am not comfortable with either choice. While I have come to the conclusion that I can’t support Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court — and will vote no on the procedural vote and his confirmation — I remain very worried about our polarized politics and what the future will bring, since I’m certain we will have a Senate rule change that will usher in more extreme judges in the future.”
She added: “I cannot support Judge Gorsuch because a study of his opinions reveal a rigid ideology that always puts the little guy under the boot of corporations. He is evasive, but his body of work isn’t.”
She said that “Donald Trump promised Missourians that he would look out for the little guy, for working people, for the forgotten … This judicial nomination breaks those promises.”
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She's not making it a party-line knee-jerk decision, like most of the conservatives are doing.
All we need are a few of the moderate Republicans to cave, and it's over.
