Subject: RE: draft -- We are still waiting on those Trump SCOTUS nominees….
From: "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 07:55:39 -0700

That is right in the first paragraph. If we want this to be an abortion / SCOTUS hit, then I need to re-write it. This hit is more about the fact that we don’t know who his picks are.

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:54 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: draft -- We are still waiting on those Trump SCOTUS nominees….

Trump said that he would prove his Pro-Life bona fides with his SCOTUS picks. That has to be in here, that GOP politicizes, obstructs, etc… And we should NOT make the case for the issue, but rather that the guy who said we should punish women who get abortions wants to politicize the SCOTUS.

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:48 AM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: draft -- We are still waiting on those Trump SCOTUS nominees….

We are still waiting on those Trump SCOTUS nominees….

With Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee, you would think that Senate Republicans would smarten up, reassess their obstruction, and give Merrick Garland the fair hearing that he deserves. Considering that just last night, Trump said he wants a Supreme Court justice who will uphold his “punishment” plan for women and overturn<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/11/trump-scotus-nominee-overturn-roe-v-wade/84223512/> Roe v. Wade – a position the majority<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/28/donald-trump/trump-pro-choice-polling-numbers-declining/> of Americans don’t support.

Yet, Mitchell McConnell and Chuck Grassley are unsure as to what they are waiting for – since we still really don’t know<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-supreme-court-merrick-garland-223026> whom Donald Trump plans to nominate to the Supreme Court.

In Politico<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-supreme-court-merrick-garland-223026> yesterday, Sen Jeff Flake notes, “We’re going to decide at some point what we do with Garland….It would help to feel better about where Trump is going.” Senator Lindsey Graham said, “I have no idea who Trump is going to pick.”

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley—a staunch opponent of doing his job and considering the President’s nominee—has even conceded that it would be a “gamble<http://sendgrid.dnc.org/wf/click?upn=LRCEH9efIj9DkcP7c0H0-2BHOUofp9UffxL-2FcMYokxgA07zoi-2F4nvauqF-2FGehnFgJYzJBbB3A4aOhPcBXlly3MFpdZr8UcOAFRjDKUJzBFvdnP3jnxyfTVWZfoY-2Bj-2FY6zisiz-2BJtQ-2BlyFCwy7OvsgO8Q-3D-3D_W77bTy6YRdHySgTK0Dy8RX9yVqAj738BIjuZGseQ-2FjO1paDIPtWiF41zzW54zYmPGN2nO4mbX-2FtYm8EzE0oTWxbROPuv2BsM8hloXSCLhADG-2FsxiFcrBDT8zqWG0pD-2B9cd5R0ukaVkSQCbMpor2tI7-2FghlDXiDgxB-2FiHSX05ihW-2F6euGmKmMKbrBdKZurEw-2ByvPhcjOmzqLTpyJwnpE-2Bz5QTbB8W7dBm4c6kouctAYk-3D>” to let Trump fill the SCOTUS vacancy. The American people agree—62 percent<http://sendgrid.dnc.org/wf/click?upn=LRCEH9efIj9DkcP7c0H0-2BLRJMVGGrZzNApheO7lBLydEo9RwWVUJVw-2Fw8iYjNWS8T3A8d-2FpE3E8ZEFU7H5stxGQzu3E-2BXGrxPoMYQnT2G-2BQ5FbADgtqklHgrWphoq8sy_W77bTy6YRdHySgTK0Dy8RX9yVqAj738BIjuZGseQ-2FjO1paDIPtWiF41zzW54zYmPGN2nO4mbX-2FtYm8EzE0oTW-2FQseEHZmqu8VmZsWcQXhezdmh9UGxT2GWMV0PxFGefSDDHNmKuSyVF3i9hgI3DddLhluM1FQAW9iq0cSEBb2q6lCZiH5NPksdnMKH3MyLUV-2BjiJIrolnfiJP4usQztpdbSE5F2PByzCYMlxXrhlkng-3D> of voters don’t trust Donald Trump to nominate the new Supreme Court justice.

No one is more qualified to immediately serve on the Supreme Court than Chief Judge Merrick Garland. The fact that Chuck Grassley refuses to give him a fair hearing or up-and-down vote betrays his constitutional responsibility. Grassley and the Senate Republicans need to do their jobs and confirm Chief Judge Garland rather than play political games that put our democracy’s checks and balances at risk.

The American public understands that Donald Trump lacks the judgement to nominate a Supreme Court justice. When will the GOP?