The Republican-controlled Senate, led by Mitch McConnell, voted to substantiate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court docket on Monday evening, simply eight days earlier than a presidential election during which greater than 60 million Individuals have already voted.
BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court docket. She is President Trump’s third appointee to the excessive court docket.https://t.co/gtg4CLHlvJ
— NPR (@NPR) October 27, 2020
The transfer was the final gasp of a Republican Celebration that appears to comprehend it’s headed for defeat after spending the previous 4 years letting Donald Trump trample over the rule of regulation.
As Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown stated simply earlier than the vote, “I believe McConnell’s already determined that Trump’s going to lose, and I believe in his thoughts he understands they’re going to lose the Senate.”
“That is one final energy seize that Mitch McConnell is doing to cap his profession,” the Ohio lawmaker added.
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Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown says Mitch McConnell is dashing via Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination as a result of he is aware of Trump and Republicans are headed for defeat. pic.twitter.com/No6wT5IhRR
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Sen. Brown stated:
It’s fairly clear that Mitch McConnell’s already packed the court docket. He’s completed it via the federal judiciary during the last 4 years in any respect ranges. On the circuit stage, on the district stage, and the Supreme Court docket. I believe the whole lot is on the desk subsequent 12 months, however Democrats play hardball. And which means we work out the very best reply. I believe basically, I believe McConnell’s already determined that Trump’s going to lose. And I believe in his thoughts he understands they’re going to lose the Senate and that is one final energy seize that Mitch McConnell is doing to cap his profession, and I believe he just about is aware of that. And we go massive subsequent 12 months. … The most effective reply to McConnell’s energy seize is transfer the nation ahead in a progressive route. And that’s what subsequent Tuesday’s going to do.
The GOP is on its political deathbed
As Sen. Sherrod Brown advised on Monday evening, the rationale Republicans are ramming via a lifetime Supreme Court docket appointment is that they know they’re headed for defeat in simply over every week.
Confirming a Supreme Court docket justice after shedding an election would probably be a non-starter for sufficient Senate Republicans to dam the nomination, so doing it earlier than votes are counted on Nov. 3 is their solely choice.
It’s a shameful, Eleventh-hour energy seize from a Republican Celebration that’s formally on its political deathbed.
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Sean Colarossi presently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Inexpensive Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents receive medical health insurance protection.
