Sen. Ben Sasse tore into Sen. Chuck Schumer after the minority leader threatened to go after Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
“The Democratic Party is so radicalized on abortion politics that today Chuck Schumer threatened Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh if they didn’t strike down a simple, common-sense, pro-woman law that simply says that abortion doctors need to have admission privileges at a local hospital,” the Nebraska Republican said Wednesday in a statement. “Think about this, if a Republican threatened Justice Sotomayor or Justice Ginsburg, it would be the biggest story not just in Washington but all across America.”
“But, Chuck Schumer’s bully tactics aren’t getting much air time right now because there’s so many people in bed with his defense of abortion and his attack on an independent judiciary. These bullying tactics need to stop,” Sasse added.
Statement from @SenSasse on @SenSchumer’s comments outside SCOTUS: “The Democratic Party is so radicalized on abortion politics that today Chuck Schumer threatened Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh if they didn’t strike down a simple, common-sense, pro-woman law…” 1/3
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) March 4, 2020
.@SenSasse: “But, Chuck Schumer’s bully tactics aren’t getting much air time right now because there’s so many people in bed with his defense of abortion and his attack on an independent judiciary. These bullying tactics need to stop.” 3/3
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) March 4, 2020
Schumer took aim at Kavanaugh and Gorsuch during a pro-abortion rally outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The rally was attended by the American Civil Liberties Union and representatives for Planned Parenthood.
“I want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price,” the New York Democrat said. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Schumer said that the justices were threatening to take away “fundamental rights” as the Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges.
