Elizabeth Warren Silenced On Sentae Floor

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Elizabeth warren was silenced on the senate floor tuesday night for reading critical comments about sen. Jeff sessions donald trump s nominee for attorney general. The senate has voted 49 43 to effectively silence elizabeth warren for breaking a rule impugning a fellow senator jeff sessions. Senator elizabeth warren was interrupted and silenced on the senate floor tuesday when senate majority leader mitch mcconnell took issue with a speech she was giving in opposition to attorney.

Elizabeth warren is silenced on the senate floor while protesting jeff sessions because she read a scathing 30 year old letter written about him by coretta scott king. Warren called in to the rachel maddow show to discuss her ordeal. When warren took the microphone to make a long impassioned speech on why sessions shouldn t be confirmed as attorney general. Transcript for elizabeth warren silenced on the senate floor capitol hill at this hour.

The senate then voted to uphold the rule of the chair and silence elizabeth warren. Elizabeth warren d mass during debate over the nomination of jeff sessions to serve as attorney general they sparked a furious response but also used. Sahil kapur sahilkapur february 8 2017. When senate republicans silenced sen.