voicing his concerns. the judge met with senators on capitol hill yesterday and democratic senator richard blumenthal revealed what gorsuch told him behind closed doors. my strong hope is that he will be more vehement publicly. he certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and important comments moade by president trup about thejudiciary. a spokesman confirmed to nbc news that senator blumenthal s version of the conversation did take place and he did use the word disheartening and demoralizing to judge gorsuch is not backtracking from this. we talk about this being day 20 and it being exhausting for everybody involved and concerning and stressful. but it s also day 20 and at some