DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

I missed that this happened…what the hell?

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/318466-sen-udall-reads-coretta-scott-king-letter-on-senate-floor-after-warren

Why wasn’t Udall told to shut up?

There’s probably a few reasons but my guess is the damage had already been done in terms of public opinion (as the Warren story and the King letter spread like wildfire after this happened - probably more so than if it didn’t, plus it also accidentally gave Warren and progressives a new rallying cry). I think another thing is that Udall was not the only senator who had planned to read the letter after Warren was silenced so I think they might have just figured let’s get it over with.

Either way this backfired massively for McConnell (though I guess only so much, as Sessions was still confirmed, despite being a confirmed racist pile of garbage).

Sanders also read the letter in full.