Posted on 10/26/2020 3:49:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice President Mike Pence to stay away from presiding over Mondays session due to potential health risks after his aides tested positive for COVID-19.
But Democrats said in a letter to Pence on its not a risk worth taking, according to copy obtained by The Associated Press.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his leadership team wrote that not only would Pences presence violate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, it also be a violation of common decency and courtesy.
Nothing about your presence in the Senate tomorrow can be considered essential, the Democrats wrote. They warned of the risk not just to senators but the police, restaurant workers and others who keep the Capitol running.
Schumer, of New York, said the Trump administrations drive to install Barrett during the coronavirus crisis shows the Republican Party is willing to ignore the pandemic in order to rush this nominee forward.
To underscore the potential health risks, Schumer urged his colleagues Sunday not to linger in the chamber but cast your votes quickly and from a safe distance. Some GOP senators tested positive for the coronavirus following a Rose Garden event with Trump to announce Barretts nomination, but they have since said they have been cleared by their doctors from quarantine.
By pushing for Barretts ascension so close to the Nov. 3 election, Trump and his Republican allies are counting on a campaign boost, in much the way they believe McConnells refusal to allow the Senate to consider Obamas nominee in February 2016 created excitement for Trump among conservatives and evangelical Christians eager for a Republican president to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
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I think for the health of this country that the DIMs should “skip” being in this country. A mass resignation this morning followed by a mass self-exile of ALL DIM politicians and their extended crime families would be the best thing for Free America.
LOL !!!!
Of course, Chuck’s concerns are entirely altruistic.
ROTFL!
If you have a beer and fries, you live.
A beer, alone, you die.
It’s a canny wee beastie, this virus is.
I got time in FB jail over something like that.
Someone posted a photo with the ‘rona virii bouncing around the streets, as big as beach balls and the caption said “If COVID 19 looked like THIS, would you STILL go outside?”
And I said “Hell yeah. Then I could see it to shoot it”
Somebody had no sense of humor and I got 3 days in the hole.
They must think they have someone they can sway to get a 50-50 vote.. and if Pence isn’t there... no appointment.
You would *hope* that photo was a joke.
It was not.
Funnier or just scary?
:D
This was another purposeful exposure to get Pence sick to stop the Barrett vote. Strew you Democrats.
I will go out on a limb and say that evil party is probably behind the whole Covid pandemic. Funny how few RATs get the covid.
Nothing is too low and evil for these criminals.
Yes it is. Most likely they and China were behind the covid outbreak.
Notice how they use it as a cudgel for everything.
Wake up America!
Staff say he pulls it out after a few drinks, "He just gets this blissful smile on his face...every single time."
One has nothing to do with the other...nonsensical.
Ha hah hah ah haaaaaa!!!
[does kinda look like her!]
An awful lot of us were threatened with tinfoil hats when we said such things, lo, those many months ago.
Does anyone know what time (Eastern) the vote’s going to ne taken?
How about “No”.
Does “No” work for you?
It doesn’t?
Oh, ok.
NO.
AP must shut down its operations after its reporters mingled with Pence aides who tested positive for COVID-19. It’s required that AP chain its doors shut until no more kung flu cases are reported anywhere in the world. All AP scribblers will be required to paint their faces fluorescent orange and ring cow bells when out in public.
How about....F No!
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