GOP Silences Elizabeth Warren And Coretta Scott King

Elizabeth Warren was silenced tonight on the Senate floor by Mitch McConnell for reading a letter from Coretta Scott King opposing Jeff Sessions’ nomination for a federal judgeship back in the 1980s. Warren was making the point that the points King was making thirty years ago still apply today. Mitch McConnell appealed to the chair that Warren was impugning the integrity of a sitting Senator on the floor of the Senate should be silenced and the chair agreed. Warren is now not allowed to speak on the Senate floor about Jeff Sessions until the confirmation vote is concluded. It is another sad day for American values as the GOP is now starting to attack free speech, even by those who no longer have a voice.