Mrs Kings Letter Read On The Senate Floor

Watch the video above to hear merkley read portions of the letter.

Mrs kings letter read on the senate floor.

King s letter in its entirety without interruption. As i heard his words echoed in the chamber i was reminded of the. Having been silenced from the senate floor warren took to facebook live to read mrs. After his colleague elizabeth warren was silenced by the senate on tuesday night bernie sanders read coretta scott king s letter protesting jeff sessions to the body on wednesday morning.

Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly critical of attorney general nominee sen. Read the letter in full here. Tom udall of new mexico sen. Elizabeth warren d ma from reading the same letter.

Elizabeth warren d mass speaks on the floor of the u s. Jeff sessions r al written by coretta scott king in 1986 after senate republicans voted to stop sen. Sherrod brown of ohio and sen. Today i was in attendance as dad s letter from a birmingham jail was read from the senate floor for the first time in history.

The video has been viewed 3 4 million times. But 31 years later warren was sanctioned by her senate colleagues for reading the letter on the chamber floor which senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky said impugned the character of. After warren was silenced she turned to facebook live to read the letter in its entirety outside the senate. Democrat defies gop reads part of coretta scott king s letter on senate floor.

Bernie sanders of vermont all spoke up wednesday and read from the three decade old letter of coretta scott king which she had.