Radical Left Takes The Reins

Left-Wing Ideologues ‘Mounting A Major Offensive Against President Trump’s Supreme Court Pick, Hoping To Pressure Every Democratic Senator To Vote Against’

“Liberal groups are mounting a major offensive against President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, hoping to pressure every Democratic senator to vote against whomever the White House nominates to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy.” (“Left Mounts Heavy Pressure Campaign On Swing Senators Over Supreme Court,” The Hill, 7/01/2018)

“Liberals tell Schumer to scrap decorum and civility in battling Trump” (“Liberals Tell Schumer To Scrap Decorum And Civility In Battling Trump,” The Washington Post, 7/03/2018)

• NY LIBERAL ACTIVIST: “We need a person who will physically put their body on the tracks … This decorum and civility — we don’t have the luxury for that.” (“Liberals Tell Schumer To Scrap Decorum And Civility In Battling Trump,” The Washington Post, 7/03/2018)

• MICHAEL MOORE: “We first have to find ways to stop that vote from happening…. I’ll join a million other people surrounding the United States Capitol. I will stand there … Bill, let me tell you something, if this judge goes through … That's it, it's over.” (HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” 6/29/2018)

Prominent Democrats Heed The Call, Pledge ‘Unwavering Opposition To Trump’s Nominee’

“Less than 24 hours after Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, liberal advocacy group Demand Justice rallied in front of the court building Thursday with a string of Democratic lawmakers with a unified message: We will fight.” (“Outside Groups, Democrats Form Ranks in Supreme Court Fight,” Roll Call, 6/29/2018)

• “Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Kamala D. Harris (Calif.) took turns at the microphone to demand unwavering opposition to Trump’s nominee. ‘The battle lines have been drawn,’ Gillibrand said , shouting at the top of her lungs at the rally. ‘Which side are you on?’” (“‘Which Side Are You On?’: Liberals Pressure Centrist Democrats On Trump’s Court Pick,” The Washington Post, 6/28/2018)

PAUL BEGALA, Former Clinton White House Chief of Staff: “I don’t think any Democrat is going to go along with a Trump appointee to the Supreme Court…. Not if he or she wants to raise any money or have any volunteers.” (“Kennedy Retirement Injects an Inflammatory New Issue Into Midterms,” The New York Times, 6/27/2018)

FLASHBACK: ‘Liberal Base Apoplectic … Demanding Opposition At Any Cost’

“Voters from the liberal base apoplectic over Trump's presidency are demanding opposition at any cost.” (“Democrats In A Vise Over Trump's Supreme Court Pick,” The Associated Press, 2/02/2017)

• “Liberals will demand nothing less than total warfare.” (“The Democrats Who Will Decide Gorsuch's Fate,” Politico, 2/2/17)

• “Democrats, pushed by their base, are under pressure to not cooperate with the new president—on anything.” (“Donald Trump, Democrats Dig In For Fight,” The Wall Street Journal, 2/01/2017)

“The political arm of the Center for American Progress, called the CAP Action Fund, is one of the central entities in Democrats’ sprawling effort to oppose Trump. In an interview on Thursday, the group’s senior strategic adviser, Adam Jentleson [former deputy chief of staff to former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)], outlined an ambitious and wide-reaching plan ... ‘We’ll never reach a point where we say, “OK, that’s enough,”’ he said.” (“Democratic War Room Expands With Plans To Scrutinize Hundreds And Hundreds Of Trump Appointees,” BuzzFeed News, 3/02/2017)

MURSHED ZAHEED, Political Director Of CREDO Action: “Any Democrat who votes to advance Judge Gorsuch's nomination will have a permanent stain on their record.” (“Liberal Groups Vow Revenge On Democrats Who Back Gorsuch, The Associated Press, 3/09/2017)

• “‘We can't have Vichy Democrats,’ says Dan Cantor, the national director of the Working Families Party, a leading outfit in progressive politics which cosigned the Gorsuch letter.” (“Inside the Democrats' Plan to Fight Trump,” Rolling Stone, 3/9/2017)