In The Case Of Adeel Mangi’s Record, Senate Democrats Plead Ignorance
‘Our colleagues may not mind Mr. Mangi’s cavorting with apologists for terrorism and cop-killing. That much wouldn’t be surprising considering that their Party is in the process of succumbing to noxious strains of anti-Semitism and soft-on-crime radicalism. But it is a bit odd that more of our colleagues don’t seem to care that Mr. Mangi has spent his entire career in ‘white shoe’ corporate law, working as a hired gun for causes Democrats love to hate!’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations:
“I have spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. As I have explained, his radical associations are truly staggering. And this fact seems to have rubbed some of our Democratic colleagues the wrong way.
“Yesterday one of my esteemed Democratic colleagues objected that we’re unfairly ignoring Mr. Mangi’s record as a lawyer. Well, I’ve looked at that record and encourage Democrats to do the same.
“Our colleagues may not mind Mr. Mangi’s cavorting with apologists for terrorism and cop-killing. That much wouldn’t be surprising considering that their Party is in the process of succumbing to noxious strains of anti-Semitism and soft-on-crime radicalism.
“But it is a bit odd that more of our colleagues don’t seem to care that Mr. Mangi has spent his entire career in ‘white shoe’ corporate law, working as a hired gun for causes Democrats love to hate!
“For example, did you know that Mr. Mangi defended monopolists accused of fixing the prices of chocolate? Just in time for Easter.
“While Democrats promote the Green New Deal, Mr. Mangi defended a foreign conglomerate as it pursued a fossil-fuel contract.
“It’s hard to count the number of cases Mr. Mangi has litigated in defense of companies accused of fixing the price of prescription drugs. This is a practice the senior Senator for Vermont says ‘rip[s] off the American people.’ Mr. Mangi says it demands compelled arbitration.
“In at least three of these pharmaceutical suits, Mr. Mangi fought against union pension funds!
“Curiously, none of these cases were on Mr. Mangi’s committee questionnaire.
“I don’t begrudge a lawyer or his paying clients—and I’m sure Mr. Mangi was handsomely paid. And besides, we’re talking about perfectly defensible – often successful – legal arguments. But do my Democratic friends feel the same way?
“Fortunately, a growing number of our colleagues are saying they’re unwilling to walk the plank for Mr. Mangi’s radical affiliations.
“But his remaining supporters? They might land among the sharks, themselves, if they insist he be judged on his legal record.”
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