Washington — "It's been four weeks since the U.S. House passed urgently-needed funding to save our democracy during an historic pandemic — but rather than passing funding through the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is stalling, and focusing on confirming judges who will rip apart the democratic fabric of our nation," said Joshua Karp of Fix Our Senate. “This week, the Senate will hear the nomination of Judge Cory Wilson, a partisan politician who has advocated for massive restrictions on the right to vote and mocked those who stand up for the right to vote. It’s past time for Mitch McConnell to end the obstruction and end his assault on our democracy.”
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- "Voting is the lifeblood of U.S. democracy...But the election that took place in Georgia last week should serve as a dire warning that the ongoing national crisis is still a fundamental threat to our democracy.”
- "Stories from Georgians across the state are horrifying: from thousands of voters failing to receive their absentee ballots in time, to shuttered polling places and hours-long lines at the few sites still open. Countless voters were disenfranchised and unneededly forced to put their health at risk.”
- "Yet, as Congress passed other relief bills, Republicans failed to prioritize the health of democracy.”
- “To put it bluntly: McConnell is holding our democracy hostage.”
- "Continued inaction from McConnell is an abdication of Congress’s responsibility that puts our democracy at risk. Americans deserve better than partisan games right now — the future of our democracy demands it.”
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- "Wilson, who is a state court judge in Mississippi and was previously a state legislator, has long been vocal about his political views through op-eds and on social media. Democrats opposed his nomination because of his stances on the Affordable Care Act and civil rights issues.
- “Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, said his nomination is a contrast to what those protesting against racial injustice across the country are fighting for."
- "‘His record is in fact an antithesis to what the American people are marching for and demanding right now,’ Harris said.”
- “She referenced a 2011 op-ed in which Wilson wrote in the Madison Country Journal that claims that a voter identification law would suppress voters in Mississippi were ‘Poppycock. Unless you count the dead vote, in which case they may be right.’”
- "Wilson also criticized Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, in a 2012 op-ed for his work on the Judiciary Committee investigating voter suppression, calling hearings his subcommittee held ‘show hearings.’”
