already come out in opposition to mr. gorsuch, ed markey, elizabeth warren of massachusetts, rod wyden. and kirsten gillibrand of new york. he says the seat is stolen. >> this is not a normal consideration. this is a seat that was stolen from the former president, obama. that's never been done in u.s. history before. to let this become normal just invites a complete partisan polarization of the court from here to eternity. at what point does a majority say in the future, we will not let someone make a nomination two years into their four years, or three years into their four years, or their entire four years? so i made it clear that i was going to insist on a 60-vote standard and that i would vote against closing debates. so insisting on 60 votes is the way you start what we refer to as a filibuster then the question is, is there going to be enough votes to shut it down?