Twitter Reacts to Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation
Twitter Reacts to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Confirmation
It came down to a 52-48 vote.
The U.S. Senate has voted, 52-48, to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, CNN reports. The move cements the court's conservative majority and just minutes after the decision, many politicians offered up their opinions, calling out what can be seen as a move on healthcare (during a pandemic, no less), women's rights, and more.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was the only senator to cross party lines, saying that it was simply too close to Election Day to consider a nominee. The confirmation vote comes has been singled out as "one of the quickest nomination proceedings in modern times" and comes just a month after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Many progressive politicians stated that the appointment — and Barrett's views on topics such as the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade — goes against what the majority of Americans want. Some called the quickie confirmation an abuse of power.
I am frustrated, and frankly, very angry. It did not have to be this way. By rushing to confirm this Supreme Court nominee, Senate Republicans openly and unapologetically defied the will of the American people—all to further their extreme, conservative agenda.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) October 27, 2020
By jamming through this confirmation process prior to the election, the President and Republican senators have ignored the will of the majority of Americans while putting the health care of more than 100 million of them at risk.https://t.co/zZYxrXWLCn
— Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) October 27, 2020
Today Republicans denied the will of the American people by confirming a Supreme Court justice through an illegitimate process—all in their effort to gut the Affordable Care Act and strip health care from millions with pre-existing conditions.
We won’t forget this.— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 27, 2020
This is a dark day. But it's important to remember why Republicans fought so hard to steal this Supreme Court seat.
They've realized a truth that shakes them to their core: The American people are not on their side.
And we'll keep fighting until we take our democracy back.— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 27, 2020
The Republicans are popping champagne tonight to celebrate how they for shoved aside the wishes of the American people to steal a Supreme Court seat & impose their radical agenda on the country – an agenda most Americans don’t support. But this fight isn't over. We will fight on.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 27, 2020
The Senate GOP rammed through an extremist Supreme Court justice in a sham process as a final abuse of power before Election Day.
We can't let them get away with their corruption and hypocrisy any longer. Let’s mobilize like hell these last 8 days to end their destructive reign.— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 27, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was more straightforward in her reaction.
Expand the court.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2020
Republicans do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn’t. There is a legal process for expansion.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2020
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Notable journalists and politicos alike pointed out that President Donald Trump has appointed three judges to the Supreme Court even though he lost the popular vote back in 2016 — adding that the GOP has actually lost six of the last event popular votes: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016.
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.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 27, 2020
Republicans now control the US Senate, Presidency, and Supreme Court despite not winning a national election since 2014 (and not a high-turnout one since 2004).
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) October 27, 2020
Republicans have lost the popular vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016), but Republicans now control 6 of the 9 seats on the Supreme Court.
This is not the way a democracy or a republic should operate, and this must be changed.— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 27, 2020
Republicans lost the popular vote and got the White House, Senate and three Supreme Court justices.
We are in a fight to preserve the basic tenets of democracy.— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) October 27, 2020
In 2016 they didn't even permit a hearing, let alone a vote.
They have surrendered all standing ever again to speak of such things as "norms."— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 27, 2020
Vote them out.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 27, 2020
