Merkley vows to fight Trump's nominee to fill 'stolen' Supreme Court
By Jennifer Calfas - 01/31/17 09:42 PM EST
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) vowed to block President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee in a scathing statement Tuesday evening.
“This is a stolen seat being filled by an illegitimate and extreme nominee, and I will do everything in my power to stand up against this assault on the Court,” Merkley said in a statement.
Merkley called Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge, “a far right extremist.”
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