Ocasio-Cortez, Schumer Team Up to Fight Trump Supreme Court Pick
- New York Democrats warn in dramatic terms of what’s at stake
- Schumer won’t rule out adding justices if Democrats win Senate
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined forces in Brooklyn on Sunday night to call for a national mobilization against confirming a replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Inauguration Day.
Speaking at James Madison High School, which Ginsburg attended, both Democrats used dramatic terms to describe the potential fallout of replacing Ginsburg with a conservative chosen by President Donald Trump.