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Dems Fire Back At Dianne Feinstein For ‘Softball’ Questions To Amy Coney Barrett

Emily Zanotti
Dems Fire Back At Dianne Feinstein For ‘Softball’ Questions To Amy Coney Barrett
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) caused an uproar back in 2017 when in judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings for a seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, she famously sneered that the “dogma lives loudly within” Barrett, excoriating the judge for her Catholic beliefs.

In Tuesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, though, Feinstein was professional — even conciliatory — to Barrett, and her Democratic colleagues noticed, excoriating her, this time, for failing to trap Barrett and mock her ideals.

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