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Search results for "As Judiciary Chairman, I helped confirm a record number of conservative judges for President Trump"

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Fact-checks (25349)

Mike Franken stated on May 05, 2022 in a tweet:
“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"
By Lyle Muller• May 9, 2022
Tucker Carlson stated on February 06, 2023 in in a TV segment:
“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 17, 2023
Mitch McConnell stated on February 01, 2017 in a tweet:
"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2017
Kendrick Meek stated on August 24, 2010 in his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
By Aaron Sharockman• August 25, 2010
Pat Toomey stated on February 24, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal":
Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration."
By Steve Contorno• February 27, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on September 06, 2019 in an op-ed:
"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."
By John Kruzel• September 11, 2019
Anthony Weiner stated on March 02, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.
By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2011
Corey Stewart stated on November 09, 2016 in an interview.:
Ed Gillespie "would not mention (Donald Trump’s) name unless he was condemning him."
By Sean Gorman• November 21, 2016
Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 29, 2020
Josh Hawley stated on October 07, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2020
Greg Steube stated on December 04, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
By Amy Sherman• December 10, 2019
Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
By Jon Greenberg• September 21, 2020
John Cornyn stated on October 14, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.
By Samantha Putterman• October 14, 2020
Marsha Blackburn stated on March 22, 2022 in an interview:
Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."
By Tom Kertscher• March 22, 2022
Josh Hawley stated on July 09, 2018 in a campaign website:
Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."
By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2018
Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday":
Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."  
By Lauren Carroll• March 22, 2016
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in in a tweet:
Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled."
By John Kruzel• March 16, 2018
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet:
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
By Jon Greenberg• April 6, 2022
Progress Texas stated on February 08, 2012 in a web page post.:
Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.
By W. Gardner Selby• February 24, 2012

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By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 16, 2016

In Context: Brett Kavanaugh and 'what goes around comes around'

By Louis Jacobson• October 4, 2018

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Democrats’ playbook for stopping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick

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President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi: How she helped his agenda, and shaded the truth

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026

What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report

By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2019

In Context: The 'Biden Rule' on Supreme Court nominations in an election year

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 17, 2016

The Jeff Sessions confirmation hearings, Day 1

By Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Miriam Valverde• January 10, 2017

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By Amy Sherman• September 21, 2020

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