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Senator Jeff Merkley
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McConnell just forced a historic vote. He wants to pack the courts to turn our Constitution on its head & lock in government by and for the powerful & privileged, destroying government by and for the people. Very dark day for our Constitution and for the people of America.
McConnell has consistently broken the Senate to pack the courts. In 2013 he put up a blockade, refusing to confirm any judge the President nominated to the DC Circuit. Then of course, the stolen SCOTUS seat. Then nuclear option for Gorsuch confirmation. Now nuclear option again.
McConnell has shredded the Senate in his obsession to push ideologues into lifetime appointments. When history asks “who broke America?” the answer will be clear.
.@senatemajldr’s passion to pack the court with rightwing judges knows no bounds. Remember that time he STOLE a Supreme Court seat from President Obama and handed it to @realDonaldTrump? I sure do. And in case you forgot, here is a 15 hr & 28 min reminder. vox.com/2017/4/5/15188…
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Senator Jeff Merkley
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Today I was in Homestead, Florida for an oversight visit of the child prison that @realdonaldtrump is working to expand to an unfathomable 2,350 CHILDREN.
It was absolutely chilling to see so many children locked up in prison camps. They should be in homes, playgrounds, and schools!
I will never forget speaking directly with some of the children who are being held here, and hearing about their hopes and fears for their futures.
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Senator Jeff Merkley
@SenJeffMerkley
Tonight, when @realDonaldTrump addresses the nation, let’s all remember that the only crisis on the border is the one he created by separating families, snatching kids from their parents, blocking refugees from legally seeking asylum and putting lives at risk.
Yesterday, I went to New Mexico with @RepTorresSmall, @JoaquinCastrotx , @RepEscobar, @RepJerryNadler, @davidcicilline, and members of the @HispanicCaucus to investigate the death of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez.
Felipe’s death is tragic, as is the death of 7-year-old Jakelin earlier in December. No child should ever die in American custody from insufficient medical care.
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Senator Jeff Merkley
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Everyone: this is a call to action to #ReleaseCristy – a young girl being held in detention.
Please demand that @ICEgov release “Cristy” and her mother from detention. “Cristy” is celebrating her Quinceanera - 15th birthday – today. #ReleaseCristy
We met with “Cristy’s” mom during our visit to the Dilley Family Internment Camp (officially the South Texas Family Residential Center) last week. #ReleaseCristy
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☇RiotWomenn☇
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Pressure McConnell to end the shutdown:

1) Call your Senator: 202-224-3121

2) Tell the staffer "I want your boss to vote Tuesday against the motion to proceed on S.1 & everything else until McConnell agrees to a budget vote."

3) Repeat for your other Senator

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Calling Republican Senators asking them to pressure McConnell will work. At least 2 Republican Senators are already against McConnell.
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McConnell is trying to bluff Senate Dems into an early vote. Dems should call the bluff.

Delay is good and a loss for McConnell.
Sorry meant to include this link:
politico.com/story/2018/07/…
McConnell can schedule the vote for whenever he wants but he likes to gaslight Dems into thinking things are their fault. He did the same thing when he went nuclear on Gorsuch.

He'll hold the vote when he wants to hold it, regardless of what Dems do.
nytimes.com/2017/04/03/opi…
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Zarina Zabrisky
@ZarinaZabrisky
⚡️💥🤑🚢🆘 #McConnell refused to bring the legislation to protect #Mueller to the Senate floor. A short thread on #MitchMcConnel and #ElaineChao's history of corruption. @WendySiegelman @grantstern @peterjukes @AHamiltonSpirit @dcpoll @lukeharding1968 cnn.com/2018/04/17/pol…
1. In Sep 2016, during a secret briefing for congressional leaders, the CIA informed the Congress about Russian interference with the election. McConnell objected to declassifying the information & making it public, claiming bipartisanship issues.
politico.com/story/2018/01/…
2. On January 31, 2017, Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao was sworn as a State Secretary of Transportation for Trump’s cabinet.
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@Matthewcogdeill
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