McDonnell's speech was good. He should have also said,
Posted on: March 5, 2020 at 10:51:03 CT
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"...and to my colleagues on the republican side of the aisle, let me be clear. The comments and threats made by senator schumer will not be tolerated while i am majority leader. It seems to be fine with the minority to have their leader threaten specific members of the supreme court by name because he does not agree with their still unrecorded vote. Any members of the majority party who do anything remotely as insidious as the minority leader, will receive a severe reprimand and censure from me and the republican caucus. "
"What we do here will set a precedent. Either we will take steps to condemn threats against the justices on the supreme court and hold people accountable, or we will diminish this body and allow for such behavior to be normalized and the senate of the united states will spiral downward in terms of ethics, morality and civility."
"Shame."