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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElizabeth Warren: "I will NOT be silenced"
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren will not be permitted to speak about Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor until after the full Senate votes on his confirmation, which is expected to take place on Wednesday night. But, once the gag is removed from her, the first thing she will say is that the battle over Sessions is anything but over.
When he is attorney general, we must hold him accountable, Warren told me Wednesday, when I asked her what she would say on the Senate floor once she is permitted to speak again. That will be the first thing I want to say.
I want everyone to read that letter, Warren said. The letter is about the civil rights movement in the 1960s; what was still going on in the 1980s; and what is still going on today.
If Sessions makes it through, this is not over, Warren said. The U.S. Senate has the constitutional responsibility to oversee the Department of Justice. That means we have to be out there on the front lines, every single day, watching what he does.
Warren conceded that of course theres a danger that voters might get dispirited. Were going to have a lot of losses here, Warren said. But were not going to roll over and play dead. I believe we should be energized by what McConnell has done. I believe that it calls on us to fight back more passionately than ever.
read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/08/this-is-not-over-muzzled-elizabeth-warren-calls-on-democrats-to-stay-in-the-fight/?utm_term=.7986b18facdb
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Elizabeth Warren: "I will NOT be silenced" (Original Post)
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Feb 2017
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DK504
(3,847 posts)1. Overtime I see Elizabeth Warren
I mean Senator Elizabeth Warren, I feel like a fan girl... screaming and yelling like she is one of the Beatles.
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(295,929 posts)3. #NeverthelessshePersisted