Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Trump's Supreme Court pick 'will receive a vote' in the Senate
Youth organizers are sending a message to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley – via pigeonOrganizers with NextGen America will send a message to Sen. Chuck Grassley by pigeon mail, they told CNN Monday.
The plans from NextGen, the progressive youth voter engagement organization founded by businessman Tom Steyer, come after Grassley tweeted about a dead pigeon Friday., “If u lost ur pet pidgin /it’s dead in front yard my Iowa farm JUST DISCOVERED here r identifiers Right leg Blue 2020/3089/AU2020/SHE ///LEFT LEG GREEN BAND NO PRINTED INFO. Sorry for bad news.”
In addition to its plans to contact Grassley by pigeon mail, NextGen is urging young people across the country to send messages to their senators to refuse to hold a vote on a Supreme Court nominee until after the November election. Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization, demonstrated outside the homes of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Thom Tillis of North Carolina on Monday.
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