Elizabeth Warren was silenced tonight on the Senate floor by Mitch McConnell for reading a letter from Coretta Scott King opposing Jeff Sessions' nomination for a federal judgeship back in the 1980s. Warren was making the point that the points King was making thirty years ago still apply today. Mitch McConnell appealed to the chair that Warren was impugning the integrity of a sitting Senator on the floor of the Senate should be silenced and the chair agreed. Warren is now not allowed to speak on the Senate floor about Jeff Sessions until the confirmation vote is concluded. It is another sad day for American values as the GOP is now starting to attack free speech, even by those who no longer have a voice.
Popular
-
Brendan Nyhan has a nice tweet thread about the dangers that Trump presents to the rule of law. The thread ends with the statement, "T... -
One of the triumphs of the Obama era's rather weak history of enforcement of corporate malfeasance was the crackdown on the abuses of pa... -
America under Trump is in the midst of a slow-moving constitutional crisis . In West Virginia, that crisis is here and now . Over the course... -
It would seem like a no-brainer that paying out more taxpayer dollars for worse coverage and higher premiums would be a bad idea. But we liv... -
John Kelly's blast yesterday may have been heartfelt but it should erase any idea that this man is suffering while serving as chief of s...
No comments:
Post a Comment