More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Despite acknowledging Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch “sailing through his confirmation hearing relatively unscathed,” on Friday’s NBC Today, correspondent Kristen Welker still carried water for the Democratic Party and offered excuses as to why Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was going to filibuster the eminently qualified judge.
Welker proclaimed: “Senate Democrats still angry over Republicans’ refusal to give President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Merrick Garland, a hearing, are vowing to block Gorsuch’s confirmation with a filibuster.” A soundbite ran of Schumer announcing: “After careful deliberation, I have concluded that I cannot support Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. My vote will be no, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.”