The impending filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch continues apace, but one Democrat is on record questioning whether Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to return the favor after the Senate GOP stymied Merrick Garland’s nomination will backfire.

Audio of Senator Claire McCaskill at a fundraiser in conservative Greene county Missouri was provided to the Kansas City Star by the Missouri Republican Party by sources unknown. In the transcripts, McCaskill highlights the perils of opposing Gorsuch, whom she calls “one of the better ones” should a more liberal justice die or retire during President Trump’s term:

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