Statement From Josh Orton On Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats Voting For Another Trump Loyalist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2026
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“Today, without explanation, three Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a South Carolina Trump judicial nominee who refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election or that the Capitol was attacked on January 6th, 2021.
“This nominee, along with the 37 Trump judges already confirmed, disqualified herself by submitting to a political litmus test from Trump to prove loyalty.
“Yet in a midterm election year, just as Democrats are finding their voice standing up to Donald Trump, Senators Durbin, Whitehouse, and Coons yet again voted to enable Trump’s continued attacks on the rule of law.
“Put simply, there is no moral, political, or historical reason to vote for any judicial nominee who enables a president’s lies about his attempts to overthrow an elected government.
“Donald Trump is a wannabe-authoritarian abusing our legal system to punish his perceived political enemies. Just this week, Todd Blanche brought a second bogus charge against James Comey, this time in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
“Trump’s vengeance is not limited by geography, rationality, or law, and it’s impossible to believe that a judge unwilling to admit Trump lost in 2020 could provide a fair trial to, for example, an American facing a lawless political prosecution.
“In a time of crisis, these three senators have chosen a delusion of normalcy over their obligation to their country, their constituents, their party, and the Constitution.”
See more below:
HuffPost: Donald Trump Lost In 2020. An Alarming Number Of His Nominees Won’t Say So.
New York Times: The One Question Trump’s Judicial Picks Refuse to Answer
CNN: Tapper questions judicial nominees’ reluctance to acknowledge Trump lost in 2020
Senator Richard Blumenthal Asks Judicial Nominee Who Won 2020 Election
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