Amy confirms anti-LGBTQ Trump nominee. confirms 2/3 of Trumps' nominees

[Indepatriot]

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/1/08/amy-klobuchar-under-fire-vote-confirming-anti-lgbtq-judge

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[ehrnst]

3. Warren and Gillibrand voted for the least number of Trump judicial appointees at 11%

Sanders comes in third at 12%

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/452822-trump-nominees-meet-fiercest-opposition-from-warren-sanders-gillibrand

[LeftTurn3623]

6. and I like all 3 ! I was sad when Gillibrand dropped out

Media needs to stop the lollipops and balloons with Amy

[still_one]

9. There are a lot of questionable votes regarding Sanders, such as his vote to dump Vermont's nuclear

waste in a majority Latino community in Sierra Blanca, Texas

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-si

or his vote for NRA-backed laws to give gun manufacturers legal immunity or how he voted against comprehensive immigration reform in 2007

There is a wealth of questionable votes and actions Bernie has done

[ehrnst]

10. And he was still benefiting financially from that legislation as late as 2014...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/16/1516075/-Sanders-are-still-profiting-from-Sierra-Blanca-nuclear-waste-dump-per-their-2014-tax-return

Paul Wellstone called that legislation "environmental racism."

[still_one]

12. Wellstone was right

[ehrnst]

14. And Wellstone interestingly enough was well loved, to the left of Bernie, and was not 'shunned' by

his colleagues for his progressive stances, as I hear is the reason that "some Senators" don't think Bernie is "one of the cool kids" because he doesn't "vote for war."

But they never have an explanation for why no one in the Senate has come to Bernie's defense (except Klobuchar) to say that HRC was wrong about her observations.

And everyone still misses Wellstone - even some in the GOP.

[Indepatriot]

19. Wellstone died in an extremely suspicious aviation "accident"

[LeftTurn3623]

4. seems like she has lots of questionable issues

[MoonlitKnight]

23. Many

The oppo will be flooding out on her record.

[PDittie]

7. This is disqualifying

[ehrnst]

11. No, it's not.

Endorsing Cenk Uyghur as "the voice we need right now," yes.

[still_one]

8. Amy's ACTUAL VOTING RECORD would tell you that she has always been out front for gay rights

https://www.ontheissues.org/Amy_Klobuchar.htm

[ehrnst]

13. Yep. And she never voted against the Brady Bill once, let alone 5 times.

I mean I've heard "ONLY ONE candidats marched with MLK" multiple times, and "ONLY ONE Senators was a founder the Congressional Progressive Caucus" so this comparison makes a much sense as those...

Also,Klobuchar never stated that Gay Marriage was a "states rights issue" then turned around and refused to support it in her own state, because it was "too divisive" during her Senate campaign...

[still_one]

15. +++

[jmg257]

16. Yep - and with good reasons...

“Her vote was based on the reality that given the choices, on balance she thought he was better than the other candidates who would have been nominated from other states,” said Carlie Waibel, Klobuchar’s press secretary. In addition to Minnesota, the Eighth Circuit covers North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Arkansas.

“Judge Stras was recommended by liberal Justice Alan Page, who Sen. Klobuchar has great respect for, and in the vast majority of cases on the Minnesota Supreme Court Judge Stras sided with the majority, which included several Democratic-appointed justices,” Waibel added."

[SharonClark]

17. Thanks for posting this.

[Mike 03]

21. Thank you!

There's always more to the story.

[squirecam]

22. Yep

Nt

[Laelth]

18. I suppose we should call this "vetting."

It's not pretty, but I suppose it is to be expected.

-Laelth

[Indepatriot]

20. As long as it's fact-based, it's vetting, and it comes with the gig for any candidate.