Biden has labeled the hearings ‘court packing’ and tried to capitalize on their divisiveness as his running mate challenges their legitimacy from within.
Former Vice President Joe Biden integrated an attack on Senate Republicans’ efforts to swiftly confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court into his stump speech on Tuesday during a campaign swing through Florida, highlighting the view among many Democrats that their best recourse for the rushed confirmation is at the ballot box.... [+]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden points to supporters during a drive-in voter mobilization event at Miramar Regional Park October 13, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. With three weeks until Election Day, Biden is campaigning in Florida.
“We do not have some secret, clever procedural way to stop this sham. Let’s be honest,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar conceded during the hearings on Monday, instead stating that the “people of this country” can “change the trajectory of this nomination” by voting.them from within on Monday, calling the hearings “reckless” from a public health standpoint by bringing “more than 50 people to sit inside a big, closed-door room for hours while our nation is facing a deadly airborne virus.
The comments come as polls continue to show confirming Barrett before the election, as Republican senators have promised to do, is narrowly unpopular, with 52% of voters saying they oppose it in a
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