At a hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told four Trump nominees how "ridiculous" they looked "spouting these preposterous canned answers" after they would not say Joe Biden won the election or that the Capitol was attacked. He asked what would be left if a hard case came their way as judges and the Trump administration was "bearing down on that."
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
- Where
- hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee
- Original footage
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- Length
- 45 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Just to finish senator Blumenthal's point. I hope you realize how ridiculous the four of you look spouting these preposterous canned Answers in a forum in which a you're supposed to tell the truth and be You're supposed to demonstrate the judicial capacity to make independent factual decisions in hard cases If you can't even sit here and say that Joe Biden won that election or that the Capitol was attacked What's left? What's left if a hard case comes your way as a judge? And let's say the Trump administration is bearing down on that.
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