Rhode Island Representatives React To Newest Trump Supreme Court Pick

(Providence, RI)--Rhode Island's Democratic congressional delegation is reacting to President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.Senator Jack Reed said he opposed what he called an unprecedented process to drag the Court down an extremist, polarized path.Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said dark money and special interests are behind the pick.Demonstrators once again called for the senators to halt the confirmation outside their offices in Providence on Sunday.Rhode Island's two U.S. representatives, David Cicilline and Jim Langevin, said there should not be a confirmation of a new SCOTUS justice until after the presidential election.

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