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Donald Trump praised the appointment of conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court after the Senate voted 52-48 to confirm it on Monday, declaring at a White House celebration that it was a “momentous day for the United States. “.
Democrats angrily voiced their opposition to the controversial Republican nomination, which comes just a week before the November 3 presidential election, with candidate Joe Biden condemning the “hasty and unprecedented” move and popular Senator Elizabeth Warren describing the Ms Barrett’s confirmation process as “illegitimate” while pledging to “take back our democracy.”
His rise came when Twitter censored Trump’s latest attack on mail-in ballots, which he said were causing “major problems and discrepancies” with no basis or evidence.
Trump’s latest postal vote tweet censored by Twitter
Coney Barrett’s rise came when the social network censored the president’s latest attack on mail-in ballots, which he said were causing “major problems and discrepancies” with no basis or evidence.
More than 64 million votes have already been cast before Election Day in apparent defiance of the president’s scaremongering.
With just seven days to go, Trump’s desperation is increasingly difficult to hide.
While polls were also against him in 2016, Biden is now four times ahead of Hillary Clinton at the equivalent point last time and ahead by a whopping 12 points in the latest Yahoo! News / YouGov.
Joe sommerlad27 October 2020 09:53
‘Mission accomplished’: Republicans gloat over Coney Barrett’s victory
The White House may have removed its Halloween decorations to keep last night’s celebration from looking too absurd, but there were still plenty of ghouls on display as the Republican Party cheered a victory that came at an additional cost to its waning credibility, the party was had violently opposed Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to court in 2016 as unthinkable in an election year, only to do the same now.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham was pleased with himself on Fox, before asking for donations as he fought for his political life in South Carolina in his race against Democrat Jaime Harrison.
Purple-handed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the same network to hail Coney Barrett as a “political asset,” completely undermining his own words.
This, from the official Republican Party Twitter account, was especially indecent.
Here’s Eric Lewis for Indy Voices about the dire consequences to come.
Joe Sommerlad27 October 2020 09:43
Amy Coney Barrett Appointed to the United States Supreme Court
Donald Trump praised the appointment of conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court after the Senate voted 52-48 to confirm it on Monday, declaring at a White House celebration that it was a “momentous day for America. “.
Democrats angrily voiced their opposition to the controversial Republican nomination, which comes just a week before the November 3 presidential election, with candidate Joe Biden condemning the “hasty and unprecedented” move and popular Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. describing Barrett’s confirmation process as “illegitimate.” while pledging to “recover our democracy.”
Here is Griffin Connolly’s report on a decision that sees Coney Barrett replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg to become the ninth judge and the fifth woman to serve on the highest court in the country and changes her conservative leanings to a ratio of six to three.
Joe sommerlad27 October 2020 09:30
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Gino Spocchia27 October 2020 08:47
