CPD Action & ACCE Call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to Step Down as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Posted on October 15, 2020 by CPD Action
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: press@populardemocracy.org
Jennifer Epps Addison, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, and Christina Livingston, Executive Director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, issued the following statement:
California — This week’s confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the US Supreme Court have been a travesty from start to finish. But no moment has shown the disconnect between the Senate and voters and our leaders’ utter disregard for our communities’ concerns than Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s abhorrent praise of Sen. Lindsey Graham, calling it one of the best hearings she has ever joined. She said this despite knowing that if Barrett is confirmed, millions of Americans stand to lose their health care. Her careless words undermined their long fought struggle for decent health care and the tireless work of her colleagues to preserve it.
There is nothing praiseworthy about these proceedings. On the contrary, they have debased our democracy, voters and the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sen. Feinstein’s performance and remarks during these hearings give yet more proof that she is ill-equipped to speak for voters. She must immediately step down from her post as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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