Six Democratic Senators Capitulate to Trump, Vote to Advance Judicial Nominees Who Refused to Tell the Truth About the 2020 Election Results and January 6th Insurrection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 01, 2025
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Washington, DC – At a time when Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice – and just days after he personally ordered the indictment of one of his so-called political enemies – Democratic Senators Durbin, Coons, Klobuchar, Schiff, Welch, and Whitehouse capitulated and voted to advance two of Trump’s judicial nominees. All six Democrats voted to advance Harold Mooty’s nomination while Sens Durbin and Schiff both voted to advance Billy Wayne Lewis Jr.’s nomination to serve lifetime positions on federal courts in Alabama – after Mooty and Lewis Jr. made loyalty pledges to Trump by refusing to tell the truth about who won the 2020 election and refusing to be honest about what happened on January 6, 2021.
Shockingly, some of the same Democratic Senators expressed righteous indignation about the indictment of James Comey at the very same meeting, and then moments later voted for Trump cronies who took loyalty tests to Trump.
In response, Demand Justice President Josh Orton released the following statement:
“Instead of demonstrating courage and standing up to Donald Trump, who is weaponizing the Department of Justice and personally ordering the indictment of his political enemies, Democratic Senators Durbin, Coons, Klobuchar, Schiff, Welch, and Whitehouse capitulated. These potential federal judges, like all of Trump’s nominees, had to pledge loyalty to Trump by both refusing to tell the truth about who won the 2020 election, and refusing to acknowledge the insurrection of January 6, 2021.
“In this moment, we need leaders with backbone. History will not look kindly on those who express righteous indignation about Trump on social media, then turn around and enable him by voting for his judges. Talking the talk is not enough and Demand Justice will hold these Democratic Senators accountable.”
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