Judicial Crisis Network has a message for Democrats hoping to block Trump's judge nominees: stop the bullying and confirm the judges.
Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), the group focused on supporting President Trump's judicial nominees, released a new ad Friday that praises GOP efforts to confirm judges while criticizing Democrats for using bullying tactics to block certain nominees.
But then the 30-second spot turns to Democrats.
"Some Democrats are taking their obstruction to disgraceful new lows, shamefully bullying nominees, attacking them just because of their faith" the narrator says as images of Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT).
Last week, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) accused her fellow Democrats of "religious bigotry" for their questioning of Brian Buescher, whom Trump nominated to serve as a district court judge back in October.
Gabbard, who is running for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, said she, too, opposes Buescher's nomination, but argued her Senate colleagues went too far in their questioning. The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats who questioned Buescher's faith included Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI).
In a press release, JCN said the group is putting $1.5 million behind the ad, which will run on cable nationally and in digital ads. There are currently 163 judicial vacancies in the federal court system.