Todd Blanch

And under the rules, if they don't return blue slips, Jay just stays there.

He can't go forward out of the committee.

He can't go to a vote.

They wouldn't give him the courtesy of an interview.

Okay?

And so what has to happen is then you have to have this system where the judges have to vote you in.

And they voted Jay in, so we're okay in Manhattan.

But you go across the river to New Jersey, every single member of the bench, with the exception of two, were nominated by Democrats.

Again, it's because of the blue slip.

Because if President Trump wants to put...

a person as a district court judge, both senators have to return blue slips.

And so in places like New Jersey, they just wait it out.

President Trump cannot put a nominated person that he chooses in New Jersey in the district court, cannot do it because of the blue slip process.

So what happened in New Jersey, because of that, they're all Democrats.

And so when Alina Haba, same thing happens.

The senators won't even meet with her to talk to her about her nomination, so she sits.

So then when the judges go to vote,

They're all Democrats, except for two, and so they don't voter in.

All right, so think about that.

Not only do we not even get interviews with senators who are supposed to be doing their jobs, but the judges that are gonna have to vote are all Democrats because of those same senators control the blue slip process.