Pelosi: Gorsuch a ‘very hostile appointment’

Published February 1, 2017 2:30am ET



House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi argued Tuesday night that Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s pick to replace deceased Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, is a “very hostile” appointment and a prime example of how “elections have ramifications,” pointing to Trump’s victory in November.

Appearing on a town hall with CNN, Pelosi bashed Gorsuch’s record, pointing what she said was a “hostile” record on women’s rights — specifically pointing to his stance regarding the Hobby Lobby case — and insisted that he is “well outside the mainstream” of American legal thought.

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