Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Battling the Trump Cabinet Nominations

We are bloody but unbowed. Yesterday, after massive efforts of letter writing, phone calling, emailing, and petition signing, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education by an historic tie-breaking vote by VP and Senate President Mike Pence.

Not long afterward, the effort to confirm Jeff Sessions, noted bigot, as Attorney General ran into an effort by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to read a letter penned in 1986 by Coretta Scott King in opposition to Sessions being appointed a federal district judge in Alabama.


We see how this is going.

Here are the Twitter hashtags.

"Silencing Elizabeth Warren"
#LetLizSpeak
#ShePersists
#ShePersisted

Here is the exchange on the Senate floor.

The swamp gases in DC are toxic.

Stay battle-ready. This is just the beginning.

Thank you, Liz!

Here is the letter.

My Senator, Cory Booker.
From Hillary Clinton:

Happy Black History Month!

Cross-posted at The Department of Homegirl Security.