The dumbest possible message to precede the “return to norms” victory lap Democrats are planning to take tonight if Sleepy Joe wins big.
In Election Day push for Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Amy Coney Barrett "an illegitimate Supreme Court justice." pic.twitter.com/3pHPs82hI9
— The Recount (@therecount) November 3, 2020
There was nothing illegitimate about Barrett’s nomination and confirmation. It was sleazy of pols like Lindsey Graham to have made promises years ago that they wouldn’t fill any vacancies in a presidential election year before opportunistically changing their minds. And it was foolish of Barrett herself to have attended that White House swearing-in ceremony/rally with Trump so soon before the election, while the president was wink-winking at the media about needing a ninth justice on the Court to decide the presidency.
But her elevation to the Court was done by the book. It was fast, but it’s not as if Barrett hadn’t been vetted by Democrats before. They had plenty of time to comb through her past when she was nominated to the Seventh Circuit a few years ago. They had the same opportunities at last month’s SCOTUS confirmation hearing to quiz her that they always have with nominees. Pelosi doesn’t even have the excuse here of Barrett being a lackluster nominee, some Trump crony who was rammed through at the eleventh hour to do his bidding on the Court.
This article was sourced from Hot Air
