If you are a Democratic Senator or any Republican Senator with slightest of decency, respect for humanity and moral conscious: YOU MUST SAY NO TO ANY NOMINATION TO SCOTUS FROM DONALD TRUMP.https://twitter.com/DaviSusan/status/1307100364198612993 …
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Progressive/Democratic friends or friends who want to save our Democracy - if you want to go all in on the fight to
@TakeBacktheCt (add seats to SCOTUS as McConnell work to hijack/corrupt it) please chip in to support us today. We need you now:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/take-back-the-court-foundation-1 …Show this thread -
JICYMI - earlier this year
@timkaine and@maziehirono indicated that Democrats must consider adding seats to SCOTUS if Mitch McConnell tries to jam through a nomination ignoring the precedent he himself set with#MerrickGarland@TakeBacktheCthttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/democrats-warn-gop-don-t-fill-supreme-court-vacancy-2020-n1234885 …Show this thread -
Powerful words in
@JoeBiden's email that just my inbox. Not only every Democratic Sen. must oppose any#SCOTUS nomination - so should all Republicans - according to their own#MCCONNELLRULE they used to stop#MerrickGarland in 2016. LFG.pic.twitter.com/035k3tNdDx
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Democrats need to know they have a strategic advantage in this fight - and this is a moment they can leverage this upcoming battle to win overall war to save our courts
@TakeBacktheCthttps://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1307160145701597186 …Show this thread -
“[W]hat Senate Democrats must do: block unanimous consent on every single thing for the rest of the year. It may be our best chance to stop Trump and McConnell.” -
@DavidSegalRI of@demandprogress w/ best email activism ask to fight to save#SCOTUS https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/rbg-scotus/ …pic.twitter.com/grorCZiloY
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Moscow Mitch is a bit nervous about his caucus.
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The two steps
@jbouie lays out are must. Dems (Pelosi/Schumer) must also:
Block any “clean” CR unless McConnell agrees to table any scotus nomination vote until inauguration of 2021
Object to every UC in the Senate unless McConnell backs off from a floor vote on SCOTUShttps://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1307105990135951360 …Show this thread -
When
@Hickenlooper of all Democrat sounds this aggressive - it should be obvious for Schumer not just to anchor a defense around#MCCONNELLRULE, blow up CR, UCs, but also pledge to go on offense -#expandSCOTUS - if McConnell steals/fills RBG’s seat.https://twitter.com/Hickenlooper/status/1307176228005253121 …Show this thread -


Why Democrats must move towards big structural change of expanding SCOTUS - perfectly cool, perfectly constitutional.
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If we let Rs fill RBG’s SCOTUS seat “we resign ourselves to a generation’s worth of defeat at the hands of six people installed by a right-wing, minoritarian government.”
@MondaireJones on why Cong must expand the Court if Trump desecrates RBG’s seat
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BREAKING. BOOOOOOOOM. @SenSchumer puts ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE (which means expanding the Supreme Court) if McConnell/Trump attempts to steal/hijack RBG's SCOTUS seat. LFGhttps://twitter.com/geoffrbennett/status/1307370489548099587 …Show this thread -
RT/LIKE if you agree Democrats must EXPAND
#SCOTUS if Trump/McConnell steal RBG's seat. You can directly support campaign to unpack the right-wing Courts and rebalance the stolen SCOTUS by donating to@TakeBacktheCt today. LFGhttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/take-back-the-court-foundation-1 …Show this thread -
BREAKING.
@AOC signals support for expanding#SCOTUS - if Republicans steal/fill#RBG's seat: “[W]e should leave all options on the table, including the number of Justices that are on the Supreme Court.”

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@RitchieTorres becomes the second incoming congressman joining@MondaireJones - going public in support of expansion of#SCOTUS#ExpandTheCourthttps://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1307434128258863104 …Show this thread -
“We have our options, we have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss right now."
Big ups to @SpeakerPelosi for being open to impeaching Barr to stall McConnell / jam Trump's#SCOTUS nominee. All options on the table please.
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ACTIVISM
: If you want to help win #SCOTUS fight use + share call tool via@DavidSegalRI: Call (202) 899-8938 to be patched through to your own senators &@SenSchumer in succession to tell them use proc. tools to block Trump nom. Super easy to use and provides you w a script.Show this thread -
All options mean - ALL OF THE OPTIONS -
@HouseDemocrats shouldn’t just be looking at impeaching Barr but also alleged crooks and liars like DeJoy and Azar etc to stop McConnell/Trump from destroying our democracy by hijacking#SCOTUS
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Where there's a will there's a way. Another option for
@SenSchumer to stop or to slow down Trump/McConnell's rush to fill a#SCOTUS nomination
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Time 4 performative resistance is over.
from @es_indivisible group in NY giving@SenSchumer an ultimatum: He must use every tool at his disposal 2 resist Trump nominee and consider expansion of SCOTUS to stop Trump/McConnell's hijacking of our democracyhttps://twitter.com/es_indivisible/status/1308153489734987777 …
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Denying UCs, boycotting confirmation hearings, abolishing filibuster, expanding the Court - my fellow
#WarrenDemocrat |#TeamReid alum@AJentleson lays out a plan to resist McConnell's "illegitimate farce" - the hijacking of#SCOTUS. LFG.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-senate-democrats.html …Show this thread -
"Everything should be on the table." -
@SenWarren Warren leaves no doubt she is all in and will whatever it takes to pushback and counter attack McConnell's illegitimate moves to hijack#SCOTUS.#ExpandtheCourt#AbolishtheFilibusterpic.twitter.com/BZusFDUWuLShow this thread -
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@chrislhayes@AJentleson are right: tactics of total resistance 2 Trump's nominee should include but not be limited to boycotting hearings. .@KamalaHarris should stay away from any hearings to legitimize it instead of looking to score viral video pointshttps://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1308410507699933186 …Show this thread -
The GOP gameplan is clear: Hijack
#SCOTUS now to help Trump steal the election. Makes it that much more urgent for@SenateDems to ignore concern trolls like@SenFeinstein and go all out to resist, slow down Trump's nominee & be open to expanding the Courthttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517587-gop-will-ask-supreme-court-to-limit-mail-voting-in-pennsylvania-in …Show this thread -
Total resistance vs Trump nominee should include boycotting all hearings. As usual
@brianefallon on the
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We have been at beyond break glass moment for a while. This reaches a whole another dimension. If this doesn't fire up the House/Sen Dems to take a throw the kitchen sink approach to save our democracy (all out resistance using every tactical levers)...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-23/trump-says-supreme-court-needs-ninth-justice-to-decide-election …Show this thread -
Via
@ryangrim: At least 19 tactics Senate & House Dems can deploy to mount an all out resistance vs Trump/McConnell’s illegitimate scotus nomination if@SenSchumer@SpeakerPelosi had real will to fight.
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Democratic activists in NH - folks who make phone calls, contact voters - pressuring their senators
@SenatorHassan@SenatorShaheen - to pull out all the stops to block Trump’s#illegitimate#SCOTUSnominee Would love to see this in other states#BlockBarretthttps://twitter.com/eschildge/status/1309885708241375236 …Show this thread -
Good for
@nychange@CPDAction putting direct pressure on Schumer in NY to stop Trump’s#illegitimate#SCOTUSnominee#BlockBarretthttps://twitter.com/julesp__/status/1309907369388843014 …Show this thread -
Reporters who will use euphemisms like “aggressive” to describe McConnell &
@LindseyGrahamSC’s attempt to ram through Trump’s#illegitimate#SCOTUSnominee are only helping to legitimize a farce of a process. They are complicit.#blockbarretthttps://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1309913199043637248 …Show this thread
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