On Sunday, activist Bette Midler preemptively attacked GOP Senate Majority Mitch McConnell for blocking future progressive legislation, tweeting, “We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”
“How will Americans make any progress with @MoscowMitch as #SenateMajorityLeader?&#8221; Midler wrote. &#8220;He’ll block every piece of legislation created to move us forward, because that’s the definition of conservatism. We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”
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How will Americans make any progress with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoscowMitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoscowMitch</a> as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SenateMajorityLeader?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SenateMajorityLeader</a>? He’ll block every piece of legislation created to move us forward, because that’s the definition of conservatism. We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us in their yachts.
&mdash; bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1333099776594866176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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While Midler included herself among those “treading water” and excluded herself from “the rich,” her net worth is reportedly in the hundreds of millions.
In late October of this year, <a href="https://www.thethings.com/heres-how-bette-midler-spends-her-250-million-net-worth/">TheThings.com</a> reported on Midler’s wealth, which is estimated to stand at roughly $250 million, as <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/singers/bette-midler-net-worth/">celebritynetworth.com</a> claimed. TheThings wrote:
<blockquote>… Midler has managed to amass a truly amazing $250 million net worth … In fact, her holdings are so impressive that she can compete with some of <a href="https://www.thethings.com/celebrity-owners-most-expensive-houses-hollywood/">the most expensive homes that celebrities own</a>.
When it comes to Bette Midler’s real estate purchases, one of the most notable has to be <a href="https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/bette-midler-lists-manhattan-penthouse-for-50-million-207067">the Manhattan Penthouse</a> her family lived in for decades. A pair of units that were combined into one, Midler’s 7,000 square foot New York apartment took up the top three floors of a building. … in 2019 Midler put the apartment on the market for $50 million.
Midler and her husband bought several properties on Kauai; she sold one “12 times the amount she paid for it in 2020 …  she continues to own an impressive home that sits on a <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bette-midler-sells-land-parcel-on-kauai">huge 38-acre property</a> in the Kilauea area of Kauai.</blockquote>
Midler has publicly promoted progressive arguments for years. In February 2017, she blamed roughly half the human race for global warming, as she pointed the finger &#8220;mostly&#8221; at men when the February temperature in New York City rose to a balmy 62 degrees. She tweeted, “It is currently 62 degrees in February in NY. Our poor planet, crucified on the cross of fecklessness, malevolence and greed, mostly by men.”
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It is currently 62 degrees in February in NY. Our poor planet, crucified on the cross of fecklessnes, malevolence and greed, mostly by men.
&mdash; bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/834865326122733569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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McConnell isn’t the first GOP senator Midler has targeted. In February 2018, tweeting after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26952/while-you-were-sleeping-government-shutdown-begins-ben-shapiro">failed</a> to stall the massive government spending bill, Midler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26972/bette-midler-calls-violence-against-rand-paul-amanda-prestigiacomo">advocated</a> for the neighbor charged with assaulting Paul, leaving him with broken ribs and lung damage, to make a reappearance, writing, “Where’s Rand Paul’s neighbor when we need him?&#8221;
Later that year, in October 2018, after it started looking as though Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be confirmed to the Supreme Court, Midler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/36749/bette-midler-says-women-are-n-word-world-while-amanda-prestigiacomo">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Women, are the n-word of the world. Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years[.] They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.&#8221;
She has also expressed contempt for Trump voters. She stated in May 2019, “There&#8217;s a theory that Trump doesn&#8217;t want his taxes released because if his base reads that he&#8217;s not as rich as he says, they might lose confidence in him. His base can read?”
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There&#39;s a theory that Trump doesn&#39;t want his taxes released because if his base reads that he&#39;s not as rich as he says, they might lose confidence in him. His base can read?
&mdash; bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1125937954457882626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday, activist Bette Midler preemptively attacked GOP Senate Majority Mitch McConnell for blocking future progressive legislation, tweeting, “We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is relentlessly moving forward to confirm judges, apparently determined to get as many conservative judges into the judiciary across the nation while there is still time in the Trump presidency.
Since the November 3 election, the Senate has confirmed six district court nominees, and McConnell wants to confirm judges who will take the positions vacated by the ascension of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as well as the position vacated by the <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/1st-cir-judge-juan-torruella-dies-was-courts-first-hispanic">death of Judge Juan R. Torruella</a>, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and was that court’s first Hispanic member.
President Trump has nominated Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, who was nominated to the federal bench in May of 2019 and <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00092">confirmed</a> by the U.S. Senate on a 95-3 vote, to replace Torruella. The president nominated Thomas L. Kirsch II to replace Barrett.
The week of November 16, five Article III judges were confirmed by the Senate: Benjamin Beaton, Toby Crouse, Kristi Johnson, Kathryn Mizelle, and Stephen Vaden.
Judge Aileen Cannon was confirmed on November 12.
<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/judicial-nominations-update-63/">National Review</a> noted on Monday: “The Senate Judiciary Committee for its part held hearings on Wednesday for five nominees, including Thomas L. Kirsch II, who has been nominated to the Seventh Circuit seat vacated by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Three other nominees have cloture motions pending on the Senate floor, so at least that many should be confirmed after the Senate returns next week.&#8221;
At the end of October, radio host Hugh Hewitt <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-6/">interviewed McConnell</a> and asked him about pushing forward to confirm judges.
&#8220;There is now a vacancy on the 7th Circuit for which there is a nominee, and the death of a 1st Circuit judge has opened up a vacancy on that circuit,&#8221; said Hewitt. &#8220;Certainly, that was not expected, and is to be regretted. But do you expect the Senate to fill those two positions in the lame duck term after the election?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, we’re going to run through the tape,&#8221; McConnell replied. &#8220;We go through the end of the year, and so does the President. We’re going to fill the 7th Circuit. And I’m hoping we have time to fill the 1st Circuit as well. And we are, by the way, confirming a district judge as soon as we get back after the election, and we’re going to clean the plate, clean all the district judges off as well.&#8221;
McConnell also warned what would happen if the GOP lost the Senate.
&#8220;This Supreme Court packing issue has been around all year long, and of course, there would be no oversight at all, as you suggest, of any scandals or anything that might reflect badly on the Democratic administration if there is a Democratic majority,&#8221; said the Senate majority leader. &#8220;Now the solution to this is 51 Republican senators. The one thing the majority leader can do that others cannot do in the Senate is to decide what we’re going to do, to set the agenda.&#8221;
&#8220;My biggest decision on agenda setting, obviously, was the decision not to fill the Scalia vacancy,&#8221; McConnell continued. &#8220;But it applies to a whole lot of other things as well. If Chuck Schumer is setting the agenda in the United States Senate, you can predict the worst. We will go hard left. The country will not look the same after two years of that as it does today.&#8221;
The next roll call votes for judges are scheduled for Nov. 30.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cracked a joke during a press conference Tuesday when a reporter asked him if there was any fraud in the election that he won last week.
A reporter asked, &#8220;Was there any fraud in your Senate race or any Senate race that you know of?
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; McConnell responded, adding, &#8220;At the risk of bragging, it wasn&#8217;t very close.&#8221;
The room erupted in laughter.
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REPORTER: &quot;Was there any fraud in your Senate race?&quot;
MCCONELL: &quot;I don&#39;t know. At the risk of bragging, it wasn&#39;t very close.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/MFuJ1cj3ta">pic.twitter.com/MFuJ1cj3ta</a>
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McConnell defeated his opponent, Democrat Amy McGrath, by a nearly 20-point margin in a race that the national news media hyped.
The Center for Responsive Politics <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/11/senate-democrats-raised-much-went-to-losing-candidates/">highlighted</a> how Democratic Senate candidates raised staggering amounts of cash, only to lose to Republicans in key races across the country:
<blockquote>Democrats hoped a rising tide could lift their challengers in red states. Polls showed close races, even in states like South Carolina and Kansas, that forced GOP groups to invest in deep-red areas. Such results never emerged, and Democratic donors who gave record-breaking amounts of money to those Senate candidates were left empty-handed.
In South Carolina, Democrat Jaime Harrison raised nearly $108 million, an all-time record, but is losing by 14 points to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) with 91 percent of the vote reported. Harrison outraised Graham by $35 million through mid-October, a fact that caused Graham to plead for donations on-air, and prompted super PACs to spend $32 million backing him. When all was said and done, the race wasn’t particularly close. &#8230;
In Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cruised to a comfortable victory, unfazed by the $88 million raised by his Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath. That’s the second most money any Senate candidate has raised in a single cycle, behind Harrison. But McConnell won easily, collecting over 58 percent of the vote with most ballots counted. &#8230;
Democrats also had the money advantage in Iowa, but the race was called for Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) Tuesday night. Democrat Theresa Greenfield raised $47 million — a stunning haul for an Iowan who was bolstered by out-of-state money — more than double that of Ernst. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recruited Greenfield to run, and his super PAC, Senate Majority PAC, poured $41 million into the race. All in all, outside groups spent $97 million backing Greenfield, and $74 million boosting Ernst.
Not only did Democrats outraise and outspend their opponents in these losses, but they were also boosted by larger number of outside money from groups such as super PACs and “dark money” groups. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock received $59 million in outside help from Democratic groups, while Steve Daines (R-Mont.) was bolstered by just $48 million. That’s after Bullock outraised Daines $43 million to $27 million. Daines leads by 7 points with 90 percent reporting.
Perhaps the largest money discrepancy came in Kansas. Democrat Barbara Bollier raised roughly four times more money than the eventual winner, Republican Roger Marshall. GOP insiders were alarmed by Marshall’s poor fundraising, prompting conservative groups to pour $31 million into the general election, outspending liberal groups.</blockquote>
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WATCH: McConnell Trolls When Asked If There Was ‘Fraud’ In His Senate Race

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cracked a joke during a press conference Tuesday when a reporter asked him if there was any fraud in the election

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed Democrats and the media during a speech from the Senate floor on Monday over their complaining that President Trump has not conceded the 2020 election, even though some states are still counting votes and the Trump campaign has filed numerous legal challenges in several states.
“More broadly, let’s have no lectures about how the President should immediately, cheerfully accept preliminary election results from the same characters who just spent four years refusing to accept the validity of the last election,&#8221; McConnell later said. “And who insinuated this one would be illegitimate, too, if they lost again. Let’s have no lectures on this subject from that contingent.&#8221;
“In late August, Secretary Hillary Clinton said, quote, ‘Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances… I think this is going to drag out, and… he will win if we don’t give an inch,’&#8221; McConnell continued. “That same month, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic Leader both stated, quote, ‘[President Trump] needs to cheat to win.’ In October, when Speaker Pelosi was shopping some conspiracy theory about the Postal Service, she recklessly said, quote, ‘I have no doubt that the president… will lie, cheat, and steal, to win this election.’&#8221;
“Does this sound like a chorus that has any credibility to say a few legal challenges from President Trump represent some kind of crisis?&#8221; he added. “At this time last week, small-business owners in cities across America were boarding up their windows in case President Trump appeared to win and far-left mobs decided to reprise their summertime rioting. Suffice to say a few legal inquiries from the President do not exactly spell the end of the Republic.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@senatemajldr</a> calls out the Democrats: &quot;let&#39;s not have any lectures&#8230;from the same characters who just spent 4 years refusing to accept the validity of the last election” <a href="https://t.co/ntTmkmoeRK">pic.twitter.com/ntTmkmoeRK</a>
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McConnell: We’ll ‘Have No Lectures’ From Those Who Spent 4 Years ‘Refusing To Accept’ 2016 Election

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed Democrats and the media during a speech from the Senate floor on Monday over their complaining that

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been projected as the winner of the Kentucky Senate race against Democrat Amy McGrath, a failed 2018 congressional challenger whose Senate bid led many Democratic donors to flood the race with cash. 
Fox News projected McConnell as the winner in the race shortly before 8pm EST. As of 8pm, Fox News showed McConnell with about 61% of the vote and McGrath with about 35% of the vote, with about 35% results in. FiveThirtyEight projected ahead of the election that McGrath only had about a 4% chance of beating McConnell. 
Back in 2018, McGrath lost a race to unseat Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) and has since drawn in tens of millions of dollars in her bid to unseat McConnell, who is running for his seventh term in office. According to <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/lexington/news/2020/10/16/mcconnell-vs--mcgrath-fundraising-breakdown">Spectrum News 1</a>, McGrath raised $84 million from the start of her campaign to September 30, 2020. 
McConnell, on the other hand, reportedly raised a little more than $53 million from the start of his campaign to September 30, 2020. 
Kentucky, a reliably red state that hasn’t voted a Democrat for president since 2000, was the first state called for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election by the Associated Press. As of the early summer, FiveThirtyEight never gave the Democrats more than a 3% chance of winning Kentucky’s 8 electoral votes. 
Trump has since been projected by AP as the winner in West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alabama. Both CNN and NBC News have since projected Trump as the winner in Indiana.
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Mitch McConnell Quickly Projected As Winner Despite Dem Challenger Getting Flooded With Cash

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Friday that he anticipates the legislative branch will move forward with another coronavirus relief package at the beginning of next year, once the new Congress enters session.
“I think we need to take a careful, calculated decision about what more to do to deal with this coronavirus. We’re throwing money at the search for a vaccine — which is the wise thing to do. We probably need to do another package, certainly more modest than the $3 trillion Nancy Pelosi package,” McConnell <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/video/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell/">told</a> radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday. “I think that will be something we’ll need to do right at the beginning of the year.”
The Senate majority leader added that he wants to focus on several topics in potential legislation, including small businesses, hospitals, and K-12 and college education.
The latest coronavirus package has been under negotiation for months between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who initially entered the process with a mandate from House Democrats in the form of the $3.4 trillion Heroes Act. When it was passed, the Heroes Act received only one Republican vote, Congressman Pete King (R-NY), who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/gop-rep-peter-king-says-he-has-no-choice-but-to-vote-for-democrats-3t-coronavirus-relief-bill">explained</a> to Fox News back in May he didn’t agree with a lot in the bill, but voted in favor of it because he felt New York had no choice.
Throughout the negotiation process, McConnell has not been involved, and according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/20/trump-economic-stimulus-pelosi/">The Washington Post</a>, warned Senate Republicans in mid-October that Pelosi was not engaging in good faith discussions with the Trump administration.
Earlier this week, Pelosi hinted that Democrats were indeed interested in pursuing a relief package deal after the election, even before January, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/29/pelosi-covid-deal-possible-before-january-433609">Politico</a>.
“Why would we be talking to them if we didn’t want a bill?” said Pelosi.
During his interview with the radio host, McConnell also affirmed his belief that Republicans have a 50-50 shot at retaining a majority in the Senate, a comment he said he’s been making “all year” because of the number of Republican-held seats at stake.
“We elected a lot of new Republican senators in 2014, and so now we have a lot of exposure,” he said. “I’ve actually been saying 50-50 for well over a year.”
McConnell also explained that he moved forward with the nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg because the Constitution treats the Senate and president as “co-partners” for the sake of filling a vacancy on the court.
“It’s not surprising when you have a Senate of the same party as the president, there’s a lot more willingness to move and to move quickly, and that’s what we did with regard to the Ginsburg vacancy,” said McConnell, who called the appointment timeline, from nomination to confirmation, “well within the norm” from a historical standpoint.
“I’m glad we were able to do it before the election so the American people can weigh the consequences of handing the Senate over to the hard Left, which is what the Democratic Party is these days,” said the majority leader.
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Congress Works To Pass Second COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill

McConnell Expects Senate To Take Up Relief Package In Early 2021

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Friday that he anticipates the legislative branch will move forward with another coronavirus relief

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After successfully holding a confirmation vote on President Donald Trump’s third Supreme Court nominee earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took a moment to jab at 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who turned 73 on the day that Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed.
“It was a wonderful birthday present for Hillary Clinton to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Monday night on her birthday,” McConnell told supporters on Wednesday during a campaign stop in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/mcconnell-acb-confirmation-wonderful-birthday-present-for-hillary-clinton/">the New York Post</a>. “Oh, I’m sure she was so grateful, so grateful.”
Clinton’s birthday has become an annual commemoration of sorts online, and an opportunity to recirculate the former Democratic nominee’s infamous 2016 “birthday” tweet, which featured a photo of herself as a little girl and contained a caption that read: “Happy birthday to this future president.”
She’s also never deleted the tweet.
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Happy birthday to this future president. <a href="https://t.co/JT3HiBjYdj">pic.twitter.com/JT3HiBjYdj</a>
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/791263939015376902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
After Barrett was confirmed on Monday evening, the House Judiciary GOP also sent out a birthday tweet to Clinton, saying: “Amy Coney Barrett, confirmed. Happy Birthday, @HillaryClinton!” Shortly thereafter, Clinton tweeted: “Senate Republicans just pushed through a Supreme Court justice who will help them take away Americans’ health care in the middle of a pandemic. For them, this is victory. Vote them out.”
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Amy Coney Barrett, confirmed. Happy Birthday, <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HillaryClinton</a>!
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1320878683423428609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senate Republicans just pushed through a Supreme Court justice who will help them take away Americans&#8217; health care in the middle of a pandemic.
For them, this is victory.
Vote them out.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1320880328395968520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
Barrett, the fifth female justice ever to serve on the nation’s highest court, was nominated to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in mid-September following a battle with cancer.
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/politics/rbg-retirement-obama.html">The New York Times</a>, top Democrats during the Obama administration, including former President Barack Obama himself, twice tried to nudge Ginsburg toward retirement but were ultimately unsuccessful and dropped the topic.
Barrett was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas during a ceremony at the White House on Monday evening, and vowed to execute her duties “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barretts-speech-after-swearing-in-i-will-do-my-job-without-any-fear-or-favor">without any fear or favor</a>.”
&#8220;It’s a privilege to be asked to serve my country in this office, and I stand here tonight truly honored and humbled. Thanks also to the Senate for giving its consent to my appointment. I am grateful for the confidence you have expressed in me, and I pledge to you and to the American people that I will discharge my duties to the very best of my ability,&#8221; said Barrett.
“It is your Constitution that establishes the rule of law and the judicial independence that is so central to it. The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that I will do my job without any fear or favor, and that I will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. I love the Constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes, and I will devote myself to preserving it,” she later said.
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McConnell: Barrett Confirmation ‘Was A Wonderful Birthday Present For Hillary Clinton’

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On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a press conference that the Senate will vote Monday on confirming President Trump&#8217;s nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court. He stated, &#8220;With regard to the Supreme Court justice, I think you’ve already written, we&#8217;ll be voting to confirm justice-to-be Barrett next Monday and I think that will be another signature accomplishment in our effort to put on the courts, the federal courts, men and women who believe in the quaint notion that maybe the job of the judge is to actually follow the law.&#8221;
“To set up a final vote on Monday, McConnell is expected to tee up Barrett&#8217;s nomination on Friday, a day after the Judiciary Committee is expected to sign off on her nomination. The Senate will then hold a procedural vote on Sunday. After that, senators could still debate her nomination for an additional 30 hours,” <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521913-senate-to-vote-monday-to-confirm-amy-coney-barrett-to-supreme-court">The Hill</a> reported.
With the GOP holding 53 Senate seats, Coney Barrett’s confirmation is assured unless more than three GOP senators refuse to confirm her, which looks unlikely. The only GOP senator who has said she will not vote to confirm Coney Barrett is Susan Collins of Maine, who said she is against voting for a nominee before the presidential election. Other senators seen as possible swing votes included Mitt Romney of Utah, who stated he would vote for her, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-confirm-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court">asserting</a>:
<blockquote>After meeting with Judge Barrett and carefully reviewing her record and her testimony, I intend to vote in favor of her confirmation to the Supreme Court. She is impressive, and her distinguished legal and academic credentials make it clear that she is exceptionally well qualified to serve as our next Supreme Court justice. I am confident that she will faithfully apply the law and our Constitution, impartially and regardless of policy preferences.</blockquote>
Romney added, “My decision regarding a Supreme Court nomination is not the result of a subjective test of ‘fairness’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent. The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own.&#8221;
Another possible swing vote, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, <a href="https://mustreadalaska.com/murkowski-hasnt-decided-on-amy-coney-barrett-for-court/">has not decided</a> for or against the nomination.
McConnell said bluntly last week, “We have the votes.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, desperate to stop Barrett’s confirmation, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chuck-schumer-tries-fails-to-force-senate-out-of-session-in-midnight-vote">tried to vote the Senate out of session</a> Monday night by announcing that he would hold an emergency, near-midnight vote to send the Senate out of session until after the presidential election.
“Because our Republican colleagues have made such a mockery of the Supreme Court confirmation process, we are not going to have business as usual here in the Senate,” Schumer stated.
But as <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521788-gop-blocks-schumer-effort-to-adjourn-senate-until-after-election">The Hill</a> reported, “Republicans in a 48-42 vote pigeonholed Schumer’s request. The Senate is expected to come back into session on Tuesday.” McConnell gaveled the Senate back into session.
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Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Amy Coney Barrett To Be Supreme Court Justice

IT’S MONDAY: McConnell Confirms Senate Will Vote On Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Next Week

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Even before Amy Coney Barrett has gone before the Senate committee on her Supreme Court nomination, some in the media are already attacking the Catholic mother of seven over her faith.
&#8220;Amy Coney Barrett served as a ‘handmaid’ in Christian group People of Praise,&#8221; The Washington Post wrote in a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise/2020/10/06/5f497d8c-0781-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html">headline</a> on Tuesday.
The liberal paper owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos said Barrett &#8220;has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise, a small Christian group founded in the 1970s and based in South Bend, Ind.&#8221;
<blockquote>Barrett, a federal appellate judge, has disclosed serving on the board of a network of private Christian schools affiliated with the group. The organization, however, has declined to confirm that she is a member. In recent years, it removed from its website editions of a People of Praise magazine — first those that included her name and photograph and then all archives of the magazine itself.</blockquote>
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The paper also said the group holds a &#8220;male-dominated hierarchy and view of gender roles&#8221; and &#8220;has conservative stances on the role of women in society and other social issues.&#8221;
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has come to the defense of Barrett, blasting &#8220;ongoing attacks by Senate Democrats and the media.&#8221;
&#8220;Our coastal elites are so disconnected from their own country that they treat religious Americans like strange animals in a menagerie,&#8221; McConnell said in a statement.
&#8220;The Washington Post decided to report on terminology in an old directory from Judge Barrett’s religious community. The word &#8216;handmaid&#8217; appears dozens of times in the King James Bible. It was good enough for the Virgin Mary. But now, because one liberal author put it in the title of an anti-religious novel in the 1980s, the press tries to imply that one of the most brilliant and powerful women in the legal world is anti-woman,&#8221; McConnell said.
&#8220;Sadly, the press is only following the lead of Senate Democrats,&#8221; he said, citing two examples.
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<li>Last week, just after trying to claim that Judge Barrett’s religion is not relevant, one Judiciary Committee Democrat proceeded to baselessly question whether Judge Barrett could look past private “closely held” views to rule impartially.</li>
<li>Four days ago, another Senate Democrat wrote a letter declaring Judge Barrett unfit because she once signed a short pro-life statement as a private citizen, and because the organization that wrote the statement may adhere to traditional Christian teaching about when life begins.</li>
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Read McConnell&#8217;s full statement below:
<blockquote>The ongoing attacks by Senate Democrats and the media on Judge Barrett’s faith are a disgrace. They demean the confirmation process, disrespect the Constitution, and insult millions of American believers.
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<li>Yesterday, the Guardian claimed it “rais[es] new questions” that Judge Barrett chose faith-centered student housing while attending a Catholic law school. Only our self-parodying liberal media would call it a scandal that a young person in graduate school found community in shared religious beliefs and met their future spouse. Most Americans would call that a beautiful story.</li>
<li>Hours later, the Washington Post decided to report on terminology in an old directory from Judge Barrett’s religious community. The word “handmaid” appears dozens of times in the King James Bible. It was good enough for the Virgin Mary. But now, because one liberal author put it in the title of an anti-religious novel in the 1980s, the press tries to imply that one of the most brilliant and powerful women in the legal world is anti-woman.</li>
<li>Last week, Politico had a contributing editor physically snoop around a faith group in Indiana and report what a youth group had left on their whiteboard.</li>
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Our coastal elites are so disconnected from their own country that they treat religious Americans like strange animals in a menagerie.
Sadly, the press is only following the lead of Senate Democrats.
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<li>Last week, just after trying to claim that Judge Barrett’s religion is not relevant, one Judiciary Committee Democrat proceeded to baselessly question whether Judge Barrett could look past private “closely held” views to rule impartially.</li>
<li>Four days ago, another Senate Democrat wrote a letter declaring Judge Barrett unfit because she once signed a short pro-life statement as a private citizen, and because the organization that wrote the statement may adhere to traditional Christian teaching about when life begins.</li>
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These euphemisms fool no one. United States Senators are suggesting that Judge Barrett is too Christian, or the wrong kind of Christian, to be a good judge.
Every Supreme Court Justice in history has possessed personal views. Judges have a job to do and they swear to do it impartially. It is the definition of discrimination to assert that Justice Barrett’s particular faith makes her uniquely unqualified for this promotion.
The secular left says they’re for progress, but they’ve just wandered back into the embarrassing tropes of the 1960s, when some argued John F. Kennedy would obey the Pope over the national interest.
Judge Barrett’s brilliant legal career and her stellar record on the Seventh Circuit tell us exactly how she does her job: with excellence. Those are the objective qualifications on which she deserves to be evaluated.
These disgraceful attacks only reinforce why it is crucial to confirm judges like Judge Barrett who understand and respect our Constitution, including its protections for all Americans’ religious liberty.</blockquote>
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Attacks On Barrett’s Faith By Democrats, Media ‘Are A Disgrace’ McConnell Says

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Even before Amy Coney Barrett has gone before the Senate committee on her Supreme Court nomination, some in the media are already attacking the Catholic

Attacks On Barrett&#039;s Faith By Democrats, Media ‘Are A Disgrace’ McConnell Says

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Democrat leadership suddenly changed its mind on holding virtual Congressional sessions Monday after Republican leaders suggested that judge Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s Supreme Court nomination hearings could be held online.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told media Monday that he and other Democrats plan to use “every tool in the toolbox” to delay Barrett&#8217;s confirmation and will not agree to hold &#8220;virtual&#8221; sessions of the Senate Judiciary Committee, even though Democratic leaders in the House pressed for remove voting and &#8220;virtual&#8221; Congressional meetups back in March amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus.
&#8220;The idea of having virtual hearings where no one is with the witness for the highest court in the land for a life appointment that would have such effect on people&#8217;s lives makes no sense. A virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all,&#8221; Schumer said in a statement.
Speaking Monday, Schumer added that it is &#8220;not safe&#8221; for hearings to go forward because at least two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who attended Barrett&#8217;s nomination ceremony last week, have since tested positive for COVID-19, though neither reports showing symptoms of infection.
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced that he was tested for the virus over the weekend, though it is not known if he had reason to believe he came into contact with the virus during the course of his Congressional work.
“If it’s not safe for the Senate to be in session, it’s not safe for the hearings to go forward,” Schumer said, referencing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s (R-KY) plan to delay all Senate business for two weeks, except for the confirmation hearings, due to start on October 16.
&#8220;Schumer said holding the hearings would endanger senators and staff, and he dismissed virtual hearings as insufficient for a lifetime appointment that he said could cast deciding votes on ending abortion rights, protections for pre-existing health conditions and more,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-04/schumer-says-it-s-unsafe-to-hold-supreme-court-senate-hearings">Business Insider</a>.
Schumer also accused McConnell of ignoring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines about coronavirus testing. McConnell fired back that the decision was made jointly with Democratic House leadership and Congressional medical staff to limit coronavirus testing.
The Supreme Court itself is now entirely virtual, and Democrats pressed for virtual hearings just months ago, closer to the start of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, the GOP objected to their plan, which allowed for &#8220;proxy voting in addition to virtual committee work,&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/497817-top-republicans-blast-democratic-rule-change-on-remote-committee-work">according to The Hill</a>. The measure ultimately passed without Republican support, allowing the Democrats, at the time, to pass their own second coronavirus stimulus plan &#8212; the HEROES Act, which is now the basis for their overall negotiations on coronavirus relief.
Democrats, of course, are looking for any excuse to delay or derail Barrett&#8217;s Supreme Court hearings, pressing late last month to move forward with plans to &#8220;pack&#8221; the Supreme Court if Barrett is confirmed or to end the Senate filibuster. Last week, Democrats suggested using procedural limitations to end the Senate hearings after just two hours, but McConnell threatened to use the additional time off the floor to approve lower court judges, sending Democrats scrambling.
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Dems Pressed For Virtual Hearings, Suddenly Change Minds When GOP Suggests SCOTUS Confirmation Be Done Online

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Saturday that all previously-scheduled floor activity would be “rescheduled until after October 19th.”
His statement was tweeted by Voice of America Washington bureau chief Steve Herman. Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis provided more context, adding that McConnell said the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett will continue as scheduled on October 12.
“McConnell is separately *seeking consent* from Democrats to have the Senate go on hiatus until Oct. 19,” Dennis reported.
Further reporting suggests McConnell will allow all committees to continue their work, not just the Judiciary, which oversees Barrett&#8217;s hearings.
As soon as three Republican senators were diagnosed with coronavirus, Democrats began calling for a delay on Barrett’s confirmation hearings &#8212; something they opposed as soon as former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18.
As The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ron-johnson-tests-positive-coronavirus">reported</a> Saturday morning, two of the three GOP senators &#8212; Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tills of North Carolina &#8212; are on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is responsible for moving Barrett’s nomination to the Senate for a vote.
“Committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham has said he needs both men back in the chamber by Oct. 15 when the committee is expected to take up debate on the nomination, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/mike-lee-tests-positive-covid/index.html">CNN</a>,” Pearce reported. “If the senators don’t return to vote Barrett’s nomination out of committee, Democrats on the committee may boycott the vote in an attempt to stall the nomination, which needs a majority of members present to have a quorum and move forward. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may move the nomination out of committee anyway.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) separately said that his committee would continue to hold to its October 12 schedule to being Barrett’s confirmation hearings, saying the two missing senators would not affect the schedule.
Democrats have demanded to hold the nomination until after the November 3 election to see if Trump loses re-election. While they have claimed McConnell should follow his own statement when delaying President Barack Obama’s 2016 Supreme Court nominee, Democrats fail to note that at that time, Democrats controlled the White House but Republicans controlled the senate. Now, Republicans control both the White House and the senate.
And despite Democrat claims that Republicans are rushing the nomination, three former Supreme Court justices &#8212; including Ginsburg &#8212; were confirmed in fewer than 45 days, which is how many days before the election that Ginsburg passed.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/45-days-until-election-three-supreme-court-justices-including-ginsburg-were-confirmed-in-less-time">reported</a>, Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed in 42 days. While The Washington Post tried to claim the Senate timeline for confirming Barrett was “unprecedented,” The Daily Wire reported that was “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-fact-checker-claims-senate-timeline-for-confirming-trump-scotus-nominee-unprecedented-thats-demonstrably-false">demonstrably false</a>.” If confirmation hearings begin on October 12 and a vote is held around October 23, the time between hearings and vote would be 11 days. By comparison, the vote to confirm Ginsburg took place 13 days after her confirmation hearings began.
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Mitch McConnell Announces All Previously-Scheduled Senate Floor Activity ‘Will Be Rescheduled Until After October 19’ – Except SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings

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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-inside-white-houses-plan-knife-fighters">Fox News reports Monday</a> that the White House has an extensive, two-pronged plan to protect Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as she navigates her upcoming Senate confirmation process &#8212; a process expected to be especially brutal for the 7th Circuit judge who hopes to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Aides told the network that the White House plans to deploy &#8220;&#8216;knife fighters&#8217; to &#8216;fiercely&#8217; defend the nominee ahead of what’s expected to be a heated battle on Capitol Hill&#8221; and that a team is already in place to help Barrett weather the storm, guiding her through the process of handling upcoming Senate hearings and the inevitable attacks.
&#8220;Senior White House officials told Fox News that the team is broken into two parts: one focused on communications and the other focused on guiding Barrett through the process on Capitol Hill,&#8221; Fox News reports.
Much of the team is comprised of existing White House communications professionals, including Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, several of her deputies, and at least two other communications officials, &#8220;Alyssa Farah and Ben Williamson, who are veterans of Capitol Hill and who have unique relationships with Republican leadership in both chambers of Congress.&#8221;
Trump administration officials say they&#8217;re prepared for what the expect to be a brutal battle with Democrats over Ginsburg&#8217;s seat and her legacy &#8212; and they acknowledge that the &#8220;opposition&#8221; sees nothing as &#8220;off-limits.&#8221;
“We will need to be knife fighters with the opposition, and will be prepared to marshal information quickly, and disseminate it to push back on any false narratives or attacks on her and her family, because we anticipate, unfortunately, that Democrats will go there,” a source told the network. “So we’re mounting an offensive strategy on her behalf because she is such an incredible and inspiring nominee. We’ll be defending her fiercely every day.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is also said to be working closely with the White House, informing Barrett&#8217;s team of efforts to whip Senate votes into her corner. Also likely on speed dial, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who will set the timeline for Barrett&#8217;s confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Prominent Democrats are already voicing concerns over Barrett&#8217;s nomination and the truncated timeline; Barrett will have to be vetted and confirmed before the November elections and Republicans are already planning to begin proceedings on October 16th and to hold a final vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court the final week of October.
Several, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have indicated they do not plan to participate in any run-up interviews ahead of Barrett&#8217;s appearance in front of the Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fired back at Democrats refusing to meet with Barrett Sunday night, suggesting that a Judiciary Committee hearing devoid of an opposition party would greatly speed the nomination and confirmation process.
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White House: ‘Knife Fighters’ Will Go To War To Protect Amy Coney Barrett In Supreme Court Nomination Battle

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Fox News reports Monday that the White House has an extensive, two-pronged plan to protect Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as she navigates her

White House: &#039;Knife Fighters&#039; Will Go To War To Protect Amy Coney Barrett In Supreme Court Nomination Battle

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If the battle for Brett Kavanaugh gave us Lindsey 2.0, then get ready for Lindsey 3.0 for the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.
Since news broke last week that President Trump and the Republicans would be moving to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s seat on the Supreme Court before the election, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has pulled no punches. Speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News this past Sunday, Graham warned the Democrats will &#8220;try to destroy Judge Barrett at their own peril.&#8221;
With the passing of Ginsburg, accompanied by the fact that Democrats do not control the U.S. Senate, Graham emphasized that the Democrats are under &#8220;enormous pressure&#8221; to do anything and everything to stop Judge Barrett&#8217;s nomination from succeeding.
&#8220;Their base is going nuts, they&#8217;ve raised $300 million since the passing of Justice Ginsburg,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m being outraised 2 to 1, every Republican running in the Senate is being hit hard with all this money coming.&#8221;
When asked if the fight over Barrett&#8217;s nomination will be as painful as Justice Kavanaugh, Graham doubted it. As for the kind of tactics the Democrats plan to employ, Graham said it will only hurt the party in the end.
“The pressure on these people on the Democratic side is enormous. Look at what they’re saying about President Trump. Look at what they’re saying about Judge Barrett. She’s an incredibly capable, well-qualified judicial nominee, somebody you would expect the Republicans to nominate to the court,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The storylines about her religion are already starting. The one thing I can tell every American, we have a constitutional provision that prevents your religious choice being used against you if you’re nominated to the Supreme Court or any other position in the government. And that’s a good thing. So, I don’t know where it’s going to go.”
“But I know the amount of money coming in since the death of Justice Ginsburg tells me there’s a lot of energy out there to take out Judge Barrett,” Graham continued. “Help me and others, LindseyGraham.com. I hate to keep saying that, but just — the money is just overwhelming. The bottom line here is, they’re under a tremendous amount of pressure. But, after Kavanaugh — let me say this. After Kavanaugh, they try to destroy Judge Barrett at their own peril.”
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Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly told Congressional Democrats on a call that “nothing is off the table” in stopping Ginsburg’s replacement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) then warned of “dirty tricks” that might be up the Democrats’ sleeves.
“Already some of the same individuals who tried every conceivable dirty trick to obstruct Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh are lining up … to proclaim the third time will be the charm,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-mcconnell-speeches-set-tone-confirmation-battle-ruth-bader-ginsburg">McConnell said</a> on Monday. “The American people are about to witness an astonishing parade of misrepresentations about the past, misstatements about the present and more threats against our institutions from the same people, the same people who already have been saying for months … they want to pack the court.”
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WATCH: Lindsey 3.0: Dems Will Try To ‘Destroy Judge Barrett At Their Own Peril’

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On Monday, speaking on the Senate floor, despite the stream of threats aimed at President Trump and the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated confidently of filling the Supreme Court vacancy left after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “We’re going to vote on this nomination on this floor.”
McConnell tweaked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asserting, “Ironically, it was the Democratic leader who went out of his way to declare the midterm 2018 elections a referendum on the Senate’s handling of the Supreme Court. My friend, the occupant of the chair, was running that year. The Democratic leader went out of his way to declare the 2018 midterms a referendum on the Senate’s handling of the Supreme Court. In his final speech, before Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed, he yelled, literally yelled, over and over at the American people to go vote. He told Americans go elect senators based on how they’d approach their advise and consent duties over these weeks.”
McConnell said succinctly, “Unfortunately for him, many Americans did just that,” as he let a trace of a grin appear on his face.
“After watching the Democrats’ tactics, voters grew our majority and retired, four, four! of our former colleagues who’d gone a long with their party’s behavior,” McConnell continued. “We gained two seats; they lost four. That was the issue. Perhaps more than any other single issue, the American people strengthened this Senate majority to keep confirming this president’s impressive judicial nominees who respect our Constitution and understand the proper role of a judge.”
“In 2014, the voters elected our majority because we pledged to check and balance a second lame-duck president,” McConnell pointed out. “Two years later, we kept our word. In 2018, the voters grew that majority on our pledge to continue working with President Trump, most especially on his outstanding judicial appointments. We’re going to keep our word once again. We’re going to vote on this nomination on this floor.”
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On Monday afternoon, statements from two GOP senators seemed to cinch the success of a Trump nominee for the Supreme Court, as senators Charles Grassley and Cory Gardner stated they would support a vote on a nominee.
Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News reported of Iowa GOP senator Charles Grassley, “Grassley will push forward with filling the US Supreme Court vacancy. ‘&#8230;make no mistake: if the shoe were on the other foot, Senate Democrats wouldn’t hesitate to use their Constitutional authority and anything else at their disposal to fill this seat,&#8221;’ he says in a statement.”
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Roughly 40 minutes later, Andrew Desiderio of Politico released news of Colorado GOP senator Cory Gardner: “BREAKING: McConnell locks in Sen. Cory Gardner ‘I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law. Should a qualified nominee who meets this criteria be put forward, I will vote to confirm.’”
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BREAKING: McConnell locks in Sen. Cory Gardner
“I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law. Should a qualified nominee who meets this criteria be put forward, I will vote to confirm.”
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McConnell: ‘We’re Going To Vote On This Nomination On This Floor’

On Monday, speaking on the Senate floor, despite the stream of threats aimed at President Trump and the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated

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On Monday afternoon, two GOP senators whom Democrats were hoping would break with the Senate GOP and reject supporting President Trump nominating a judge to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death issued statements in which they sided with the GOP, making it much more likely that a Trump nominee would be confirmed.
Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News reported of Iowa GOP senator Charles Grassley, “Grassley will push forward with filling the US Supreme Court vacancy. ‘&#8230;make no mistake: if the shoe were on the other foot, Senate Democrats wouldn’t hesitate to use their Constitutional authority and anything else at their disposal to fill this seat,’ he says in a statement.”
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Grassley will push forward with filling the US Supreme Court vacancy. &quot;&#8230;make no mistake: if the shoe were on the other foot, Senate Democrats wouldn’t hesitate to use their Constitutional authority and anything else at their disposal to fill this seat,&quot; he says in a statement.
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Roughly 40 minutes later, Andrew Desiderio of Politico released news of Colorado GOP Senator Cory Gardner: “BREAKING: McConnell locks in Sen. Cory Gardner ‘I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law. Should a qualified nominee who meets this criteria be put forward, I will vote to confirm.’”
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BREAKING: McConnell locks in Sen. Cory Gardner
“I have and will continue to support judicial nominees who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law. Should a qualified nominee who meets this criteria be put forward, I will vote to confirm.”
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The GOP currently has 53 members of the Senate, which means they could afford to lose three votes and still gain a tie vote over a nomination; tie votes in the Senate are broken by the Vice-President of the United States. Two GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, have already indicated they would not stand with the GOP if Trump nominated someone for the Supreme Court vacancy and would not support taking up a vote before Election Day.
Murkowski <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/politics/lisa-murkowski-supreme-court-election-day/index.html">stated on Sunday</a>, &#8220;For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election. Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed. I did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Justice Scalia. We are now even closer to the 2020 election &#8212; less than two months out &#8212; and I believe the same standard must apply.&#8221;
Collins said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1307412600397987842">statement</a> Saturday: &#8220;In fairness to the American people, who will either be re-electing the President or selecting a new one, the decision on a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court should be made by the President who is elected on November 3rd.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/20/mcconnell-supreme-court-votes-murkowski-alexander-418910">Politico</a> reported on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who had stated long ago he would favor filling a vacancy on the court if that eventuated before Election Day, was assiduously locking down GOP votes already:
<blockquote>McConnell (R-Ky.) won the support of Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who is retiring and was viewed as a potential swing vote as McConnell seeks to confirm Ginsburg‘s replacement as soon as possible. … Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of McConnell’s leadership team, also backed the majority leader over the weekend, as did Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a moderate.</blockquote>
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BREAKING: 2 Key GOP Votes Say They Support Filling SCOTUS Vacancy

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On Monday afternoon, two GOP senators whom Democrats were hoping would break with the Senate GOP and reject supporting President Trump nominating a judge

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On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued an impassioned and heartfelt speech on the Senate floor honoring the late-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her steadfast commitment to her office and her ability to befriend those with whom she disagreed.
Speaking in his famous slow and steady cadence, McConnell hailed the late-justice as an &#8220;exceptional American life&#8221; who climbed over obstacles and mountains to achieve her position in America&#8217;s highest court.
&#8220;Our nation is mourning the end of an exceptional American life,&#8221; said McConnell. &#8220;Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg meant so much to our country. First and foremost, she was a brilliant generational, legal mind who climbed past one obstacle after another to summit the very pinnacle of her profession. Justice Ginsburg was a fixture on our nation&#8217;s highest court for more than a quarter of a century. She was not just a lawyer, but a leader.  From majority opinions to impassioned dissent, her life&#8217;s work will not only continue to shape jurisprudence, but also enlightened scholars and students for generations. By all accounts, Justice Ginsburg loved her work because she loved the law.&#8221;
McConnell went on to extoll Ginsburg for her courage and steadfast commitment to excellence despite battling a series of life-threatening illnesses, saying it was a befitting climax to any heroic story. However, his most gentle words were reserved for the justice&#8217;s ability to find kinship with her ideological opposites, most especially, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
&#8220;On the court, Justice Ginsburg was a universally-admired colleague,&#8221; he said. &#8220;No wonder that so many Americans have taken particular comforts in these past days by remembering her famous friendship with her ideological opposite, the late Justice Scalia.  Together, they made sure the halls of justice would also reign with laughter and comedy. They rarely sat on the same side of a high profile decision, but they still sat together at the opera and most any other time they could manage to be together.&#8221;
After praising Ginsburg&#8217;s commitment to overcoming sexism and plowing through barrier after barrier in her rise to the top, helping &#8220;entire generations of talented women build their lives as they saw fit,&#8221; McConnell then praised Ruth Bader Ginsburg for being a unitive figure in a time of tremendous divisiveness.
&#8220;While Justice Ginsburg relished forceful writing and detailed argument, she was also in important ways a uniter,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;In recent years, many people who consider themselves for admires, might wish to claim the justice for their political side, have come to embrace reckless proposals to politicize the very structure of the court itself. But Justice Ginsburg remained unswerving in her public commitment to preserving the neutral foundation of the institution she loved. The entire senate is united in thinking of and praying for Justice Ginsburg&#8217;s family.&#8221;
Justice Ginsburg died last Friday due to complications from pancreatic cancer just a little over 10 years after the death of her husband Martin of 56 years.
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Sen. McConnell tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: &quot;She was not just a lawyer. No, not just a lawyer, but a leader.&quot;
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WATCH: Mitch McConnell Honors RBG On The Senate Floor

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On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued an impassioned and heartfelt speech on the Senate floor honoring the late-Justice Ruth Bader

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&#8220;Furious&#8221; Democrats are considering &#8220;total war&#8221; next session if Republican press through and fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s vacant Supreme Court seat, <a href="https://www.axios.com/democrats-supreme-court-ginsburg-options-871f3e66-e7a4-4f40-9691-d20de1f4be61.html">Axios reports</a> &#8212; and their plans may even include adding states to the union to ensure their permanent control of Congress.
Some Democrats, like Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), have made clear that they believe no response is off the table if President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell follow through with plans to fill the seat with fewer than 50 days until the November presidential election. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) even noted Sunday that her caucus is considering pursuing impeachment, either a second round against Trump or a first attempt to oust Attorney General William Barr.
&#8220;Well, we have our options,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;We have arrows in our quiver that I&#8217;m not about to discuss right now.&#8221;
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), among others, threatened to pack the Supreme Court with additional seats, a strategy Ginsburg herself opposed. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reportedly agreed, noting on Twitter that, &#8220;If Sen. McConnell and @SenateGOP were to force through a nominee during the lame-duck session — before a new Senate and President can take office — then the incoming Senate should immediately move to expand the Supreme Court.&#8221;
Democrats have tried before to expand the court to no avail and Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, whose signature as president would be required to move forward with an act expanding the number of seats on the Supreme Court says he opposes &#8220;court-packing,&#8221; according <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-faces-growing-democratic-calls-to-expand-supreme-court-11600641858">to The Wall Street Journal</a>. He would have to be convinced the move was correct.
But court-packing isn&#8217;t their only plan.
According to Axios, Democrats are also considering two major changes to Congress itself that could work to keep them in control &#8212; and in the majority in both Houses &#8212; for years to come. &#8220;Adding Supreme Court justices &#8230; eliminating the Senate&#8217;s 60-vote threshold to end filibusters &#8230; and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico,&#8221; are all on the table, Axios says.
&#8220;Democrats are talking anew about pushing statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico. Capturing the anything-goes spirit among Democrats amid the Supreme Court fight, one party strategist texted me: &#8216;Guam want in?'&#8221; the outlet noted.
Ending the filibuster was already on the table before Ginsburg passed from complications of pancreatic cancer late Friday. As of early last week, Democrats were already compiling a &#8220;war room&#8221; tasked with laying the groundwork to wage an all-out war on the Senate filibuster in bullish anticipation of sweeping the 2020 election and passing an ambitious progressive agenda,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democratic-insiders-set-war-room-quickly-kill-filibuster-n1239920">per NBC News</a>.
&#8220;Veteran party operatives, activist groups and supportive senators are coordinating message and strategy to dial up the pressure to quickly end the 60-vote threshold early next year, fearing that preservation of the rule will enable Republicans to kill Joe Biden’s legislative agenda in its cradle,&#8221; the outlet added.
The White House says that it plans to announce Ginsburg&#8217;s potential replacement as early as Wednesday. McConnell has already said he plans to shepherd the nominee through the process and have a new Supreme Court Justice confirmed by election day.
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REPORT: Dems Considering ‘Total War’ If GOP Fills Supreme Court Seat, Want ‘Major Changes,’ New States

&quot;Furious&quot; Democrats are considering &quot;total war&quot; next session if Republican press through and fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#039;s vacant Supreme Court seat,

REPORT: Dems Considering &#039;Total War&#039; If GOP Fills Supreme Court Seat, Want &#039;Major Changes,&#039; New States

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Democrats opened their wallets in the 24 hours following Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s death, giving more than $95 million using the ActBlue fundraising platform alone, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/19/democratic-campaign-donations-spike-after-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-death/5839031002/">USA Today reports</a>.
&#8220;Record-breaking money poured in from the political left to Democratic candidates after the death Friday of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as Democrats braced for a nomination fight before the presidential election and looked to build momentum for a Senate takeover,&#8221; the outlet noted Saturday.
&#8220;The liberal-backed ActBlue – a donation-processing site that helps Democratic candidates, committees, and organizations raise money – reported more than $95 million raised from the time Ginsburg&#8217;s death was announced until Sunday morning,&#8221; USA Today continued.
ActBlue reported that progressive donors &#8220;gave $6.3 million in just one hour late Friday,&#8221; after the Supreme Court released a statement announcing that the 87-year-old Ginsburg has passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517267-democrats-see-donor-surge-after-ginsburgs-death">according to The Hill</a>. The platform clocked an additional $70.6 million in donations on Saturday. In all, around 1.2 million individuals gave to Democratic campaigns using the ActBlue mechanism.
&#8220;The previous daily record was nearly $42 million,&#8221; The Hill added. &#8220;The previous hourly record was a little more than $4 million.&#8221;
Credit for the fundraising success goes to Democratic and left-leaning activists who wasted no time in politicizing Ginsburg&#8217;s passing, launching and advertising major fundraising initiatives almost immediately after the justice’s death was confirmed.
Former Obama administration officials who now back &#8220;Crooked Media&#8221; promoted an ongoing effort to raise money &#8220;for 13 Democratic Senate candidates in battleground races,&#8221; per USA Today. The campaign, called &#8220;Get Mitch or Die Trying,&#8221; has raised around $20 million of its $26 million goals, though it does not target the Senate Majority Leader directly. That race is a longshot; McConnell leads his Democratic opponent by a 2-to-1 margin.
Democratic strategists told USA Today that they would prefer the money raised to target McConnell be funneled toward a more universal organization, like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: &#8220;Yes, Mitch McConnell is up for reelection right now, but he’s still holding a double-digit lead despite Amy McGrath getting a ton of money,&#8221; one prominent Democrat told the outlet. &#8220;If you want to beat him, focus instead on denying him a majority in the Senate. Donate to the @dscc.&#8221;
There are also concerns over how progressive groups, who are also raising money off Ginsburg&#8217;s death, plan to spend the largesse. Many have already said they will target millions toward a Republican effort to fill Ginsburg&#8217;s vacant seat. Demand Justice, one such progressive group, plans to splash out more than $10 million on ads &#8220;aimed at preventing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8216;s Supreme Court seat from being filled until after the presidential inauguration in January,&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/517195-progressive-group-to-spend-10-million-in-ad-campaign-on-supreme">according to The Hill</a>.
Right-leaning groups also begged for donations over the weekend but have yet to release any information on fundraising totals.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diabolical-institution-mark-levin-slams-democratic-party-for-scheme-to-pack-supreme-court">Related: ‘Diabolical Institution’: Mark Levin Slams Democratic Party For Scheme To Pack Supreme Court</a>
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Democrats Break Fundraising Records In 24 Hours After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death

Democrats opened their wallets in the 24 hours following Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#039;s death, giving more than $95 million using the ActBlue

Democrats Break Fundraising Records In 24 Hours After Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#039;s Death

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Former President Bill Clinton criticized the Republican push to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as hypocritical evidence of their love of power, during <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/09/20/sotu-clinton-cynicism.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a Sunday interview with CNN host Jake Tapper</a>.
Regarding his thoughts about the expressed intention of President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to move forward with a female nominee this week, Clinton said, &#8220;Well, of course it’s superficially hypocritical, isn’t it?&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, Mitch McConnell wouldn’t give President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, a hearing ten months before the presidential election,&#8221; Clinton continued. &#8220;And that meant that we went a long time with eight judges on the court. This is what they do. I think that, you know, [both for] Senator McConnell and President Trump, their first value is power, and they’re trying to jam the court with as many ideological judges as they can.&#8221;
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“To be fair,&#8221; Clinton went on, &#8220;there is a case to be made for the argument McConnell made that, in the middle of a presidential season, you should give the voters a say. That&#8217;s what he said when it was ten months away. But when the shoe&#8217;s on the other foot and he wants the judge, we&#8217;re fewer than 50 days away, and that argument doesn&#8217;t cut any mustard.&#8221;
Clinton predicted that McConnell&#8217;s decision will &#8220;further spread cynicism in our system,&#8221; and recalled how Abraham Lincoln didn&#8217;t appoint a replacement for Chief Justice Roger Taney until after the 1864 presidential election. &#8220;Senator McConnell said before he thought the people were entitled to a say. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happened to make him stop trusting the American people, but apparently when it&#8217;s to his advantage, the people are not entitled to a say.”
Seeming to suggest that the Republican senators are motivated solely by political power, Clinton continued, &#8220;McConnell said what he said. Lindsey Graham said it shouldn’t happen. Let&#8217;s see how he votes. &#8230; I mean, this is a, you know, it’s a power play, and they think they can do it.&#8221;
Clinton demurred on offering an opinion on whether Democrats should add more justices to the Supreme Court, but again urged McConnell to wait until after the election. &#8220;I think it would be good for Senator McConnell to make him feel better when he gets up in the morning if he proved that he wasn&#8217;t being a hypocrite at the time and he just stuck with his position. I think all other Republicans should be asked to do the same. But you can&#8217;t keep a democracy if there is one set of rules for one group and another set for everybody else.&#8221;
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a statement on Friday that read in part, “In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.”
“By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise,” McConnell continued.
He added, “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
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The Senate and the nation mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the conclusion of her extraordinary American life.
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‘Their First Value Is Power’: Bill Clinton Calls GOP Push To Fill SCOTUS Seat ‘Superficially Hypocritical’

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Former President Bill Clinton criticized the Republican push to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as hypocritical evidence of their love of

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Protesters, demanding that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refrain from filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s now-vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court, &#8220;occupied&#8221; parts of his neighborhood Saturday and at least one demonstrator was arrested, though the anemic protest disbanded after just three hours.
After an abortive march to McConnell&#8217;s Washington, D.C., residents Friday night &#8212; McConnell was not home to witness the event &#8212; Democrats and progressive activists pledged to target the Senate Majority Leader&#8217;s Louisville, Kentucky, home. It was not clear on Saturday that McConnell was present at that residence, either.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-pledge-ongoing-protests-over-rbg-replacement-target-mitch-mcconnells-homes-in-dc-ky">The Daily Wire reported</a>, &#8220;Democrats and, particularly, progressive activists have pledged ongoing protests targeting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his plan to shepherd a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg through the Senate confirmation process ahead of the November presidential election.&#8221;
They made good on their pledge.
&#8220;At least one protester was arrested Saturday after a group of about 100 people gathered outside&#8221; McConnell&#8217;s home Saturday, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitch-mcconnells-kentucky-home-targeted-in-supreme-court-vacancy-protest">Fox News reported</a>. &#8220;&#8216;Ruth Sent Us,&#8217; and &#8216;No Ethics No Shame,&#8217; read some of the signs carried by crowd members in Louisville&#8230;&#8217;Hey-hey, ho-ho, Mitch McConnell has got to go,&#8217; others chanted.&#8221;
The protest, though, was short-lived &#8212; it ended after just three hours &#8212; and largely low-key.
&#8220;One protester was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and improper parking, after police determined she used a pharmacy parking lot without planning to patronize the store,&#8221; per Fox, citing the Louisville Courier-Journal. Police confronted several other protesters who parked cars in &#8220;no parking&#8221; zones on the residential streets surrounding McConnell&#8217;s home.
The group also pressed for locals to vote against McConnell in November. He is running against Democrat Amy McGrath and currently leads McGrath by a 2-to-1 margin.
McConnell is front and center in the fight over whether to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat, left empty when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer on Friday at age 87.
Democrats say McConnell should abide by Republicans&#8217; 2016 pledge to keep a seat vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia open pending the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, despite then-President Barack Obama&#8217;s decision to nominate Merrick Garland to the bench.
McConnell, in contrast, has pledged to shepherd a Supreme Court nominee through the Senate confirmation process if President Donald Trump appoints one &#8212; something the president is expected to do sometime this week.
McConnell says he&#8217;s changing his position on the issue “because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise.”
“Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary,” he added in a statement. “Once again, we will keep our promise.”
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Protesters ‘Occupy’ Mitch McConnell’s Louisville Home Over Plan To Fill Supreme Court Seat, One Arrested

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