Here are the circuit court nominees – all women and people of color – who Republican senators blocked in 2016 (last year!) by refusing to return their blue slips:
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Rebecca Haywood would have been the first African-American woman on the 3rd Circuit.
@SenToomey refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.Show this thread -
Lisabeth Hughes would have been the first woman from Kentucky on the 6th Circuit.
@SenateMajLdr refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.Show this thread -
Abdul Kallon would have been the first African American from Alabama on the 11th Circuit. Jeff Sessions and
@SenShelby refused to return their blue slips, blocking his nomination.Show this thread -
Myra Selby would have been the first African American and first woman from Indiana on the 7th Circuit.
@SenDanCoats refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.Show this thread -
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@ChuckGrassley’s irresponsible hypocrisy on blue slips is just the latest example of his complicity in rubber stamping@realDonaldTrump’s judicial nominees.Show this thread
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No shame, no integrity
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Chuck is either senile or he’s making a huge pile of money via the
#TrumpRussia deals. Diabolical. No respect for rules, just change to fit. In less than a year they’ve all but destroyed democracy. No shame.#VoteBlue -
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Dems who will not return the favor to the GOP, should not be elected in 2018. Enough bringing a knife to a gun fight. Play by the same rules...period.
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