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Murkowksi, Who Opposed Kavanaugh Confirmation, Will Vote To Confirm Barrett

Eric Quintanar
Murkowksi, Who Opposed Kavanaugh Confirmation, Will Vote To Confirm Barrett
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the Alaska Republican who was against confirming Brett Kavanaugh back in 2018, said Saturday afternoon that she plans to vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in the coming days.

During a speech on the Senate floor, Murkowski declared that while she was and still remains against advancing the nomination of a Supreme Court justice at this time, she would nonetheless vote to confirm Barrett to the nation’s highest court.

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