# Schumer Urges Filibuster to Block Gorsuch Confirmation

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**Created:** [March 23, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schumer-urges-filibuster-to-block-gorsuch-confirmation/782845 "2017-03-23T16:45:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schumer-urges-filibuster-to-block-gorsuch-confirmation/782845/662 "2017-04-06T15:13:45Z")

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> [@Airbeck](#):
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> Ok everybody should de-escalate.
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> Your turn now. Will you do the same? Or is it only our side that needs to care about such things? Or shall we all just go ahead and play the Armageddon game until the whole place is left in smoldering ruins? Who wins in that scenario? Cockroaches?

When Obama nominated Garland, I said:

> [@Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to the SCOTUS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-nominates-judge-merrick-garland-to-the-scotus/749160/18):
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> If I were a senator, I would vote to confirm.

Well?

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