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Accountable for his words. >> yeah. welsh thats right. its a classic sort of news media thing here. chuck shumer attacks. donald trump responds. and trump is the bad guy. its like a hockey fight where you only see the second hit. leslie, theres no reason to be concerned about the constitutional grounding of the person that donald trump selected. thats absurd to suggest there is. when it comes to the rules of the senate and whether they get this nominee through or not the nuclear option should be...

I havent heard the supreme court nominees children being threatened. god, i would hope not. what i think -- chris, on my side of the aisle, on the left, is the concern as to whether this individual can be part of the judicial branch. we have three branchs of government and beholden to the constitution an not to the man who nominated him. there have been some terrible things that are very scary that have been said and have been done in the past few days with regard to individuals who dont agree w...

I think there are eight senators already who have talked about the need to have a vote and his qualifications pure not just the senate, but look at the widespread support that came out for judge gorsuch last night across the spectrum. no matter your philosophical view of the court, i think his qualifications for the court, academic background make him an unbelievably highly qualified person. it is not just chuck schumer, i think the rest of the senate as he goes -- hold on. i understand. i think...

Place for their nominees, both for the bench and for the cabinet. the question is are they going to live up to the same standards. i think the goal, the goal is to get -- when -- again, i would go back. chuck shumer is not innocent in this. theres a lot of comments that hes made. lot of politics that hes played. at some point chuck shumer needs to be held accountable for his actions and his words. >> president invoked the possibility on the supreme court challenge possible of going the route of ...