By this president , whose political strategy rests on division, with the very foundation of democracy, the vote under daily assault from the commander in chief. According to joe biden, we cant afford to drag the country down any lower. We need to deescalate. Not escalate. Thats why i appeal to those few Senate Republicans, the handful who really will decide what happens. Please, follow your conscience. This appointment isnt about the past. Its about the future. And the people of this nation and the people of this nation are choosing their future right now, as they vote. To jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. And i dont believe the people of this nation will stand for it. It should be noted that the vast majority of Senate Republicans are so far not at all moved by joe bidens plea, nor by Justice Ginsburgs dying wish. Nor do Top Republicans own purported principles, which they laid out when they rejected president Obamas Supreme Court pick
Let me tell you exactly what we know about this story. Donald trump publicly pushed to cut the prison time for his longest serving aide, roger stone. Recall stone was the last person arrested in the Mueller Probe. He walked out of his house in hand cuffs. Tried and convicted for lying to congress and tampering with witnesses. Along the way he was repory mappeded for attacking a federal judge overseeing the case. Notice something here. The very crimes mr. Stone was condemned for and convicted of, obstruction, lying, tampering, these are the things donald trump is increasingly doing right out in the open. In fact, the president just attacked this judge in the stone case saying, that is the very could not dpukt almost got mr. Stone thrown in jail during this trial. I want only the clear for all the references to mr. Stone, this story, there scandal in america is larger than any Single Person or larger than debates over any sent sentence. Stone faced a very stiff term under sentencing guid