Watch Live: Senate Republicans Begin Rush Confirmation Of Amy Coney Barrett

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump to fi... WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away in September. (Photo by Greg Nash - Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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On Monday, Senate Republicans began a breakneck confirmation schedule to get Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on the bench before the election. It starts with hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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  1. Yup
    Crammed down Our throats
    I just hope that when the bothsiderism press starts haranguing Biden about “Court Packing” he responds with “What do You think the Republicans are doing?”
    If they acted responsibly and did what the American people wanted it would be one thing , but considering their behavior " All bets are off Everything is on the Table"

  2. Pack the courts, Joe. Pack the courts…

  3. Avatar for reggid reggid says:

    Even if a Pyrrhic victory, this nut-job must be exposed as the cult-leader loony she is. Let it hang around her neck for the rest of her career that she’s a freak-show religious nut-case who is guided by her cult beliefs instead of the law.

  4. Yeah I’m not watching any of this. She could come dancing in with a troupe of drummers and decapitate a live chicken in a voodoo ceremony as part of her opening statement and not one Republican senator would say a word about it.

  5. True Gramn said in his opening she would get all the GOP votes and no democratic ones

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