Schumer deputy rejects talk of pushing Sotomayor to retire: ‘Idle speculation’

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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) dismissed talk of replacing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as unrealistic amid calls on the Left for her to step down. 

“I think that is idle speculation, and whoever makes those calls can’t count,” Durbin told reporters on Tuesday, pointing to the short window the Senate has to wrap up its business before Republicans take control of the chamber in January.

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