DNC's Perez: GOP 'Rigging Senate Rules' on Gorsuch

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez charged Republicans are "rigging Senate rules" to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed for the Supreme Court, The Hill reported.

Senate Republicans voted to impose the "nuclear option" and strip Democrats of the power to filibuster Gorsuch.

"Republicans stole this seat and despite [President Donald] Trump's nominee being unable to earn the 60 votes he needed to be confirmed, they're now rigging Senate rules to unilaterally install him on the Supreme Court," Perez said.

"By doing Trump's bidding and turning both the Senate and our highest court into a rubber stamp for the president, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell [R-Ky.] and Senate Republicans have trampled on the framers' vision of checks and balances."

Perez later took to Twitter to emphasize his point.

Republicans stole this seat on SCOTUS. We cannot trust Gorsuch to deliver equal justice for all Americans.

— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) April 6, 2017

Even worse, Republicans have rigged Senate rules to install Trump's nominee. Americans will not forget today when they vote in 2017 & 2018.

— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) April 6, 2017

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