I read with astonishment the transcript of Senator David Perdue’s speech concerning a possible filibuster of Judge Neil Gorsuch, printed in the Daily Report on March 31, 2017. Once again, I write to point out the sheer hypocrisy in Senator Perdue’s comments.
He starts by saying that offering advice and consent to qualified nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court is one of the “greatest honors and privileges we enjoy here in the United States Senate.” Yet, less than a year ago, Senator Perdue breached his duty as a U.S. Senator in joining his GOP colleagues in refusing to offer advice and consent as to an equally well-qualified nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, purely on partisan bases. He now flip-flops and asks the Democrats to “put partisan interests aside” and put “the best interests of the country first” by approving Gorsuch. How hypocritical can one person get?
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