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Three Democratic Senators Ignore the Threat of a Justice Neil Gorsuch

by D.R. Tucker April 3, 2017January 9, 2022

Don’t they realize that it would be like putting Donald Trump himself on the Supreme Court? It’s impossible to grasp the logic of Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), who have signaled that they will vote to confirm unqualified Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Kneeling in subservience to Trump and […]

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Democratic Senators Are Flirting With Trump

by Martin Longman December 21, 2016January 9, 2022

Red-state Democrats are playing Trump to earn positive headlines back home.

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