Democrats and the Left are up in arms over the silencing of Senator Elizabeth Warren. She read from a 1986 Coretta Scott King letter which was opposed to Jeff Sessions who was then before the Senate Judiciary Committee as a candidate for a federal judgeship. In the letter, King focuses on conduct and her own opinion of its consequences, by saying that Sessions had used his power as a prosecuting attorney to "intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot" and furthermore, to "intimidate and frighten elderly black voters" ( full letter here ). Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, invoked rule 19 prohibiting the direct or indirect maligning of a fellow Senator's character to stop Warren's speech. I personally don't think Warren's recent use of Coretta Scott King's words rises to the level of impugning character. People are allowed to have opinions, even wrong ones. What strikes me, however, is the media and the Left's rea
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