Elizabeth Warren: “If a handful of Senate Republicans would say, I'm done with…”

“What does it say if that hearing still happens? Do you think it will? You know, here's the part I think you should underline on this. It's all up to the Senate Republicans. Yeah. If a handful of Senate Republicans would say, I'm done with this we are not going to confirm any more people who are not qualified, who have things in their background that are so deeply problematic, then it would stop. This is a moment when, if the Republicans would stand up to Donald Trump, we could end this government shutdown. We could stop putting people in jobs for which they are not qualified.” (07:43–07:59)

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