Warren delivers Dunkin’ Donuts to senator’s staff after marathon speech opposing Gorsuch
Elizabeth Warren showed her support for a fellow senator who spent more than 15 hours speaking on the Senate floor opposing the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch with some tried-and-true New England sustenance: Dunkin’ Donuts. Warren delivered the treats to Sen. Jeff Merkley’s staff herself Wednesday morning after the Oregon Democrat yielded the floor. “Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is a champion for working families – and he showed it overnight when he spoke for more than 15 hours about Judge Gorsuch,” Warren said on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/senatorelizabethwarren/photos/a.135603796602122.29462.131559043673264/756423904520105/?type=3
Warren, who also made her opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee clear Tuesday, cheered Merkley as he delivered his marathon talk.
Go, @SenJeffMerkley, Go! #StopGorsuch #HoldTheFloor https://t.co/J1Jamon1tl
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 5, 2017
Merkley thanked Warren on Twitter for the sugary show of support and reiterated his intention to fight Gorsuch’s nomination.
Thank YOU, @SenWarren! Glad to partner with you to fight for our #WeThePeople democracy and #StopGorsuch https://t.co/E0KNNS2Zfw
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) April 5, 2017
He wasn’t there for the Dunkin’ drop-off, perhaps because he was delivering his own thanks – in the form of coffee and bagels – to Senate floor staff who had to stay up all night while he spoke.
https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/849641653635887104
