House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., slammed Amy Coney Barrett as an “illegitimate Supreme Court justice” during an Election Day press call, indicating that Democratic attacks on Barrett have not stopped since she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in one week ago.
“The president is installing an illegitimate Supreme Court justice just one week before the election, after 60 million Americans have voted, who will dismantle the ACA and won’t say, by the way, when asked by Sen.[Dianne] Feinstein, do you think Medicare is constitutional? She said she really couldn’t say,” Pelosi said Tuesday.
The GOP-controlled Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination in a 52-48 vote last week. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was the only senator to break from her party. Barrett is the third Supreme Court justice appointed by President Trump. Read more…