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Dick Durbin: “Kara Westercamp was tapped because of her obvious loyalty to…”

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Durbin Speaks Out Against Kara Westercamp Lifetime Nomination Over Inflammatory Social Media Posts

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

As is the case with many of President Trump's judicial nominees in his second term, his choice to fill the vacancy on this court, Kara Westercamp was tapped because of her obvious loyalty to the president who nominated her instead of her loyalty to the law. Her offensive, inflammatory, juvenile social media post demonstrates she lacks the independence and the maturity and the temperament to be a judge. (00:19–00:30)

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Asserts that Kara Westercamp was nominated due to her loyalty to Trump rather than legal qualifications.

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