Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor

Democrats rallied around elizabeth warren on wednesday after the massachusetts senator was silenced for reading from a 30 year old letter written by the rev.

Dems read king letter on senate floor.

Dems read king letter on senate floor after gop silences warren. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution. Elizabeth warren elizabeth warren gop s don bacon and challenger neck and neck in democratic poll. In response to the cascade of outrage democratic senators on wednesday began taking to the senate floor to read the letter.

Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm. I entered coretta scott king s letter abt sessions into the senate record and read it from the floor her words should not be silenced tom udall senatortomudall february 8 2017. Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly critical of attorney general nominee sen. Elizabeth warren d ma after she quoted from a letter by coretta scott king preventing her from reading it.

Martin luther king jr s widow. Later in the night however sen. Democratic senators read coretta scott king s letter from the senate floor on wednesday morning after senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts was stopped in the middle of doing so on tuesday night. On the senate floor wednesday night majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky used parliamentary procedure to silence sen.

Jeff merkley d or elaborated on the context of the letter and quoted from it at length unimpeded. Another condemnation of racist policing will ring out on the senate floor tuesday as lawmakers stand up to read martin luther king jr s letter from birmingham jail. Elizabeth warren d ma from reading the same letter. Jeff sessions s r ala record on voting and civil rights.

Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly. By matt shuham february 8 2017 11 09 a m. Senate republicans voted tuesday evening to formally silence sen.