Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor

Elizabeth warren d ma after she quoted from a letter by coretta scott king preventing her from reading it.

Dems read king letter on senate floor.

Democratic senators read coretta scott king s letter from the senate floor on wednesday morning after senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts was stopped in the middle of doing so on tuesday night. Martin luther king jr s widow. On the senate floor wednesday night majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky used parliamentary procedure to silence sen. Jeff sessions s r ala record on voting and civil rights.

Democrats rallied around elizabeth warren on wednesday after the massachusetts senator was silenced for reading from a 30 year old letter written by the rev. Another condemnation of racist policing will ring out on the senate floor tuesday as lawmakers stand up to read martin luther king jr s letter from birmingham jail. Senate republicans voted tuesday evening to formally silence sen. I entered coretta scott king s letter abt sessions into the senate record and read it from the floor her words should not be silenced tom udall senatortomudall february 8 2017.

Elizabeth warren d mass prompting widespread public outcry for reading a letter by coretta scott king from 30 years ago that condemned sen. By matt shuham february 8 2017 11 09 a m. Senate democrats are taking to the senate floor to read coretta scott king s letter after sen. Later in the night however sen.

In response to the cascade of outrage democratic senators on wednesday began taking to the senate floor to read the letter. Elizabeth warren elizabeth warren gop s don bacon and challenger neck and neck in democratic poll. Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly. Elizabeth warren d ma from reading the same letter.

Jeff sessions r al written by coretta scott king in 1986 after senate republicans voted to stop sen. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution. Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm.