“Neil Gorsuch's nomination is a top concern for tens of millions of Americans,” said Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, which is leading the anti-Gorsuch coalition. | John Shinkle/POLITICO Liberal groups increase pressure over Gorsuch nomination

As Neil Gorsuch faces a grilling in the Senate Judiciary Committee later Tuesday, liberal groups mobilizing against him are accelerating the pressure against Democratic senators with a new digital ad campaign urging them to filibuster the Supreme Court nominee.

The People’s Defense, a coalition of more than a dozen progressive organizations, is launching the six-figure digital ad campaign on Tuesday. An example of one ad, aimed at Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), calls President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee “unfit” for the vacancy and urges people to flood Casey’s office with phone calls against Gorsuch’s nomination.


“Neil Gorsuch's nomination is a top concern for tens of millions of Americans,” said Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, which is leading the anti-Gorsuch coalition. “After the opening of the hearings today, Senate Democrats should be clear that those Americans are depending on them to not just oppose Neil Gorsuch and the danger he poses, but to filibuster his nomination.”

Other progressive groups involved in the campaign include Indivisible, American Federation of Teachers, Center for American Progress Action Fund, CREDO Action, End Citizens United, EveryVoice, MoveOn.org Civic Action, People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Service Employees International Union and Stand Up America. The umbrella group has been increasingly vocal about their frustration with Senate Democrats, who they say have not fought hard enough against Gorsuch's nomination.

The first of Gorsuch's two days of questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee starts at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

