Posted on 10/03/2020 9:28:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on Senate Republicans to delay Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing after a member of the committee tested positive for COVID-19.
“It is premature for Chairman [Lindsey] Graham to commit to a hearing schedule when we do not know the full extent of potential exposure,” Mr. Schumer and Ms. Feinstein said in a statement released Friday.
Their announcement comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said the Senate would continue to process the president’s nominee this month. Mr. McConnell said he spoke to President Trump Friday, who was in good spirits despite testing positive for the coronavirus.
Judge Barrett met with the president last weekend and has since been on Capitol Hill meeting with senators — including Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, who tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, has scheduled the confirmation hearing to begin Oct. 12. It is anticipated a full Senate confirmation vote could come by the end of the month, before the Nov. 3 election.
Mr. Graham’s office has not announced whether the confirmation hearing would be virtual due to the coronavirus.
Mr. Schumer and Ms. Feinstein said safety should guide the hearing schedule since Mr. Lee tested positive.
They also said there’s bipartisan agreement that a virtual confirmation hearing is not acceptable.
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You guys already said your response will be to pack the court and create new states. So what’s the problem?
Blah blah blah blah blah! These people are so predictable. And so inane.
Judge Barrett has cooties.
I am pretty sure that is next.
I can tell you if we have the opportunity to shut them down and out in November and for the next 4 years. If any republican shows any kind of reaching across the isle, agreement or compassion toward these evil despicable bastards they should be shunned and burned at the stake immediately.
Go straight to a full senate vote. Problem solved.
So transparent.
Melania was sitting right next to one of her kids in Rose Garden.
No need for hearings, she’s just been through that. Any “hearings” would be nothing more than Dem bloviating. Deny them the camera time. Just vote.
If it’s too dangerous to have 22 senators vote for a SC justice, how can it be safe for 200 million Americans to vote for president?
Reading all of the posts on this thread confirms that many Freepers, like most Americans, listen to the MSM, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and the rest and believe much of it. Many of these posts are direct lifts from the media narrative and are largely absent of scientific understanding.
Did the Trumps get COVID-19 from the Barrett kids? Really? Maybe they got it from the tooth fairy, that is just as rational as the nonsense on this thread. If you are wondering why the Democrats and the MSM lie, its because it works.
F**k off.
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