Subject: New Polling Shows American People Disagree With Congressman Heck on Letting Donald Trump Pick Next Supreme Court Justice
From: Zach Hudson <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 13:25:35 -0700

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For Immediate Release

May 9, 2016

Contact: [email-masked]

*New Polling Shows American People Disagree With Congressman Heck on
Letting Donald Trump Pick Next Supreme Court Justice*

Las Vegas, NV – Today, new national polling
<http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/05/americans-dont-trust-trump-on-supreme-court-vacancy-65-want-hearings.html>
was
released showing just how out of touch Congressman Heck is on his support
for letting Donald Trump pick the next Supreme Court justice. Congressman
Heck has expressed his support for presumptive Republican nominee Donald
Trump multiple times, even cribbing from Trump’s talking points
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p6lBQwIgNQ&feature=youtu.be>. Congressman
Heck has also said he agrees with Washington Republicans that they should
go a whole year without doing their jobs and taking up the vacancy on the
Supreme Court.

According to the polling, 53% of Americans do not trust Trump to pick the
next Supreme Court justice. Even among Republican voters, only 57% say they
trust Trump to fill the vacancy. Yet, as usual, Congressman Heck is
following the lead of his Party’s bosses in Washington and supports Senate
Republicans' plan to go a whole year without doing their jobs.

“This confirms just how out of touch Congressman Heck and Washington
Republicans are with the American people,” said Zach Hudson, spokesperson
for Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate. “A clear majority of Americans
disagree with Congressman Heck that Donald Trump should pick the next
Supreme Court justice. Thankfully, should he emerge from his Primary
against Sharron Angle, Nevadans will reject Donald Trump and Congressman
Heck this November just like they’re rejecting this reckless failure of
Washington Republicans to do their jobs and take up the Supreme Court
vacancy.”

*Background:*

*Heck On Whether He Would Support Donald Trump As The Republican Nominee:
“I'll Support Whoever The Nominee Is Coming Out Of The Convention.”*
“Tuesday night
saw Trump crush Cruz in Indiana, and it saw an even bigger surprise when
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, before 6pm our time, dropped out of the race,
leaving John Kasich now as the sole GOP alternative. Trump ends the evening
on the verge of capturing the nomination. I asked Heck if he'd support
Trump, who now looks to be the presumptive nominee. ‘Look, I'll support
whoever the nominee is coming out of the convention,’ Heck said.” [KSNV,
5/3/16
<http://news3lv.com/news/local/nevadas-race-for-senate-one-on-one-with-republican-joe-heck>
]

*Heck Suggested That The “Clearly Divided” Senate And President Obama Focus
On “Issues Like Our Economy And National Security” Rather Than The Supreme
Court Nomination In Part Because “We Are In The Middle Of A Heated
Presidential Campaign And Multiple Senate Campaigns That Will Decide The
Next Majority.”* “Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid again pushed for a
regular confirmation process, Republican Sen. Dean Heller repeated his
support for his leadership’s strategy to block the nomination until after
the election, and Republican Rep. and Senate hopeful Joe Heck urged both
sides to move on and look for common ground on other issues…In his written
statement, Heck said Obama has exercised his power to nominate a
replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and the Senate is
exercising its ‘advice and consent’ power. ‘We are in the middle of a
heated presidential campaign and multiple Senate campaigns that will decide
the next majority,’ he said. ‘With the president and the Senate so clearly
divided, instead of fighting over an issue on which they cannot agree,
their time would be better spent finding common ground on issues like our
economy and national security.’” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/16/16
<http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/government/nevada-s-congressional-members-stand-firm-after-court-nomination>
]

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