Civility or Free Speech?
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From the Left
Mitch, please: Elizabeth Warren was criticizing a nominee, not a colleague when you told her to sit down and shut upSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will rue the day when he moved to shush Sen. Elizabeth Warren for trying to read a 30-year-old letter from Coretta Scott King critical of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
From the Right
Pete Hoekstra: McConnell Tossed Warren to Restore Senate 'Civility'Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was merely maintaining "decorum and a certain level of civility" on Capitol Hill when he shut down Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for slamming Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra tells Newsmax TV.
From the Left
A Senate Rule Silenced Elizabeth Warren. Is That Rule So Bad?When Senate Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during debate over the nomination of Jeff Sessions to serve as attorney general, they sparked a furious response — but also used a rule that's meant to encourage civil debate.
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