Politico is reporting this morning that Leader McConnell will take to the Senate floor today and condemn Schumer over this threats to Supreme Court justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to take to the Senate floor this morning to go after Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER for saying Supreme Court justices would “pay the price” for anti-abortion rulings.
On Wednesday, Schumer said this outside the Supreme Court, as justices considered a case about limiting abortion in Louisiana: “I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked Schumer, saying the comments were “not only inappropriate, they are dangerous.”
Now, McConnell is set to pour gasoline on the controversy by addressing it on the Senate floor during his opening remarks this morning.
What McConnell will reportedly say:
“Contrary to what the Democratic leader has tried to claim, he very clearly was not addressing Republican lawmakers or anybody else. He literally directed the statement to the justices, by name. And he said, quote, ‘if you go forward with these awful decisions,’ which could only apply to the court itself. The minority leader of the United States Senate threatened two associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Period.”
I hope McConnell says more than that! But I like the fact that McConnell is planning to condemn Schumer on the Senate floor. But that’s not enough. It can’t end with just McConnell’s remarks. McConnell should and hopefully will support Hawley’s motion to censure Schumer.
We’ll bring it to you when it happens.