Bennet to vote no on Gorsuch confirmation

WASHINGTON D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced Thursday that he will vote no on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Bennet, a Democrat, said that the Senate’s use of the “nuclear option” did what he called lasting damage to the Supreme Court and the Senate’s process for approving nominees.

“With these changes, justices may now be confirmed with the narrowest partisan majority. Allowing the judiciary to become a pure extension of our partisan politics is precisely the outcome our Founders feared,” Bennet said.

Bennet also called Gorsuch a “very conservative judge” and not one that he would have chosen.

Republican Colorado Senator Cory Gardner has previously said he plans to vote for the confirmation of Judge Gorsuch.