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Defeated the people high everyone and good morning and thank you to all of you for coming out. Those paying attention and watching um from afar on our live streams and through media. My name is anisha Singh and I'm the senior organizing director for generation progress at the Center for American progress two years ago on March sixteenth two thousand 16 we stood at this exact same location and spoke for fair hearing and vote for President obama's qualified judicial nominee for the Supreme court merrick garland go I was 200 and 37 days before that year's election, but senator mitch, mcconnell said that it was too close to an election year for us to even consider a Supreme court nomination and that the people must decide after the election. The Senate followed suit and push that narrative for eight months. No hearings, no votes, no consideration at all two years later, here we are Justice Kennedy announces his Retirement yesterday, which is a hundred and 32 days before an election for months before an election we're here today to tell trump and the that we will follow senator majority leader mitch, mcconnell rule to the t and will not accept nominee considered during an election year after two thousand 16 unprecedented obstruction of merrick garland. We will not accept a single nominee from trump's previous list of potential nominees which does not have a single fairmont Judge on that list this vacancy marks the potential for a dramatic shift to the right for the court of replacement. Nomination by President donald trump could push the court to overturn roe and move our country back decades when it comes to civil rights. Lgbt queue rights workers rights. Voting rights and much more and that was trump's promise on the campaign trail that he would only consider candidates who passed his litmus test and we take him for his word this last week has been From snatching children from families, arms to below to women's rights for all the information that they deserve a health care to the Muslim band, to the destruction of basic workers rights. All three cases were 54 decisions that could have gone the other way. If America got his day in court, we will not and cannot sit back and allow the highest court in our land to become anymore, an extension of the trump administration. We will fight. We will March and we will organise and we the people will be hard And now without further delay, please join me in welcoming senator question from New York. Our first Speaker I know all of you know why we are here this is a battle line that has been drawn that literally will put women's lives at risk. That, under mind, our civil rights are human rights. This is the line that's been drawn about whether we are going to criminalize women, whether we are going to be arresting women for making decisions about their bodies. This is not a Drill this is not a hypothetical case. Please understand this is already happening in States. It's happened in tennessee it's happened in Pennsylvania it's happened in indiana. We women have been arrested, mothers have been arrested when they're trying to get the health care that their daughters might need. This is not acceptable Michigan kyle has set the rules he said we will not allow us Supreme court Justice joining election year. Well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. We should not allow Justice in an election year Right who doesn't believe in gay rights who doesn't believe in workers rights who doesn't believe in civil rights, who doesn't believe in the fabric of this country. The battle lines have been drawn which side are you on what did you do when they said we're taking away your rights. What did you say did you speak out. Did you speak from your heart now is the moment we must fight. We must not give up. We must not give in this is about our lives This is about our children's lives. Our grandchildren's lives, President trump has told you. I am going to nominate someone who will get rid of roe v Wade. He promised you already. He told you here's the list of 25 names. I'm going to nominate someone from that list goes. That list of individuals have all stated that they are against the right to choose. They are guess to woman's right to abortion services that she needs to be patient to break In the cases of incest women's lives at risk and make no mistake, this is about whether we're going to criminalize women's healthcare decisions make no mistake. This is the day that it happened. This is the day that none of us believe could possibly ever come, but it's actually right here today. This is what President trump intended to do he's already has one just as Neil who is literally up ending the values of what this country stands for. His most recent decision Under my new workers rights under wining women's healthcare decisions undermining the ability to unionize undermining the ability to protect clean air, clean water. Everything we care about is going to be at stage in this next Justice. So my advice to all of you is speak out. Speak out loudly speak out clearly speak from the heart about what you believe in this is about women's basic Do we deserve human rights in this country. Do we deserve civil rights in this country. Do we get to decide what happens to our bodies. How many children were gonna have whether we have access to contraception, whether we can take the doctors advice about our life. This is a issue we must stand tall. We must stand firm. We must not waiver. We must not give up, be hard speak out March. Call your senators Did not allow the next nominee to go forward. They should not be allowed to hearing and they should got feel out of vote He's the one who's created this work. This rule. He is the one who has created this right framework. We must fight. We must demand, we must hold senators accountable. We must organize. We must mobilize and we must speak out this is the moment when history will say what did you do. Did you fight for women's rights. Do you believe in women. Do you value women that is the question so stand tall and speak out and keep fighting Whoo thank you, senator gillibrand mitch mcconnell shame on you so please, the people deserve to say to mitch. Mcconnell shame on you. The people to serve a safe to mitch House shame on you. The people deserve USA to miss battle. Shame on you people deserve to say to come on Next step, I wanna welcome police um who's gonna be speaking um and high. Everyone I'm, a leash huh. I'm the President of neighborhood pro choice America and I This is the moment that we were made for, for 40 years nonstop, a very small number of extremists have been working day and night to criminalize abortion and punish women just like donald trump promised on the campaign he promised to pay them back for getting behind him and this is that promise he is going to put Someone on the court who will be the fifth vote to criminalize abortion and punish women throw women in jail for doing nothing more than seeking to control our own lives and our own families. This is actually not a Red issue and the blue issue. All over this country, people recognize these as issues of human right. It won't Just like in blue States, people are appalled at the idea that some politician would substitute their own











