U.S. Supreme Court Nominee 'Trashes' President Trump

NBC: Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Own Supreme Court Pick, Calls President’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has called the president's recent criticism of the judiciary "disheartening" and "demoralizing," a spokesman for the nomination confirmation team told NBC News on Wednesday.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, said Wednesday that he spoke with U.S. Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch and that Gorsuch "certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by President Trump about the judiciary."

A spokesman for the team shepherding Gorsuch's nomination in the Senate confirmed Blumenthal's version of the conversation to NBC News and said Gorsuch did use the words "disheartening" and "demoralizing."

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WNU Editor: President Trump has responded .... Trump Slams Senator Who Revealed Gorsuch's Criticism Of Remarks On Judges (NPR). As to what is my take .... it looks like Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch did make those remarks, and he did trash-talked the President. This is unfortunate because one of my "Golden Rules" is that you never criticise publicly the person who has given your career an enormous boost .... to put it bluntly .... it shows poor judgement. As to President Trump's remarks on how politicised the court system has become .... this is also nothing new. Pundits, jurists, and politicians have been talking about this for years .... including yours truly in this blog.

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