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Washington,
DC
– Sen.
Scott
issued
the
following
statement
after
voting
in
support
of
the
‘nuclear
option’
in
order
to
push
forward
the
confirmation
of
Judge
Neil
Gorsuch:
“Today
I
voted
in
favor
of
instituting the
so-called
‘nuclear
option’
in
order
to
confirm
Judge
Neil
Gorsuch
to
take
over
the
ninth
seat
on
the
Supreme
Court.
It
was
not
a
decision
I
made
lightly.
It
requires
us
to
change
the
long-standing
precedence
of
the
Senate
rules.
However,
it
was
also
clear
to
me
that
this
decision
was
a
necessity.
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
the
Senate,
Democrats
have
decided
to
conduct
a
partisan
filibuster
of
a
Supreme
Court
nominee.
Today’s
action
is
an
example
of
what
I
call
the
physics
of
politics….
For
every
reaction,
there
is
an
equal
and
opposite
reaction.
Judge
Neil
Gorsuch
is
an
outstanding
nominee
and
one
of
the
brightest
judicial
minds
our
country
has
to
offer.
If
my
friends
on
the
left
are
not
willing
to
look
past
party
lines
to
confirm
this
nominee,
I
doubt
any
nominee
presented
by
a
Republican
president
will
ever
get
their
vote.” |