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Laura Coates Live

Senator Amy Klobuchar on Filling Supreme Court Vacancy

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Chris goes one on one with Senator Amy Klobuchar on Trump’s efforts to force a Supreme Court nominee before the election. Then, Dr. Richard Besser joins to discuss new CDC coronavirus guidelines. Chris wraps up the show with former Trump admin official, Miles Taylor on the DOJ naming certain cities “anarchy” jurisdictions over their response to police brutality. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, I'm Chris Cuomo. Welcome to Primetime. Of course, Trump sees his

0:06.2

response to the pandemic as deserving an A plus as you watch all those names on

0:11.0

your screen. We've prepared to pass 200,000 lives stolen. Of course, we should be

0:17.7

doing much better. Look at the schools, the people we say matter the most. Look at

0:23.8

how we're treating our kids. You don't need me to tell you you're living it.

0:28.0

Many schools have no testing or an adequate testing. They shut down over a single

0:32.8

case. Why? No guidance. No leadership. We're failing our kids and Trump gives

0:40.3

himself an A. Like I argued earlier, we are caught in a supreme WTF IDK mode. IDK, I

0:50.0

don't know WTF, what the you do know. Obvious things that shock the conscience WTF still

0:58.4

have people split. Our school situation is horrible and yet we shrug. I don't know what to

1:05.0

think. Now Justice Ginsburg gone. Her legacy's greatness marked by the whole she leaves

1:13.6

and what it exposes about how different she was from those who seek to replace her.

1:19.7

McConnell and every Republican senator, everyone told us nine months out from an election.

1:28.4

That's too close. That's too soon. We can't see the new justice.

1:33.9

But in something that should bring a blush to even his blank face, the mastermind of the

1:39.6

Merrick Garland Power Grab, the blockade of 2016. Senator McConnell came out today and said,

1:47.9

I'll tell you why it's okay to do it now because the Democrats.

1:54.2

President Trump's nominee for this vacancy will receive a vote on the floor of the Senate.

2:02.1

Now already, some of the same individuals who tried every conceivable dirty trick to

2:10.1

obstruct justice corsage and justice. Kavanaugh are lining up,

2:16.4

lining up to proclaim the third time will be the charm.

2:22.5

I mean the unmitigated goal. Just so you understand the situation.

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