Feel the Bern! Sen. Sanders SLAMS 'nuclear option' (but look what he said in 2013)

Doug P. | 3:55 PM on April 06, 2017

https://twitter.com/greggyegg/status/850051703873449984

Bernie Sanders is among those in Congress slamming Mitch McConnell’s use of the “nuclear option” in order to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch:

I'm disappointed. A lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court should be bipartisan, but McConnell did it in an extremely partisan manner. https://t.co/aFI470588K

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 6, 2017

NEWS: Sanders Statement on Republicans' Use of 'Nuclear Option’ https://t.co/ivBWUInnnr

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 6, 2017

Here’s Sanders’ statement:

“I am deeply disappointed that Republicans changed the rules so that they could push through their nominee with fewer than 60 votes. A lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court should be done in a bipartisan way, but unfortunately Mitch McConnell chose to do it in an extremely partisan manner. Further, I am deeply concerned about the role that Judge Gorsuch will play on the Supreme Court. I fear very much that he will be part of an extreme right-wing majority that will attack workers’ rights, women’s rights and environmental protection as well as make our political system less democratic.”