The House Speaker said the president has only one goal for rushing Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court: to abolish the Affordable Care Act, starting with November 10 oral arguments over the health law.
"If you have a pre-existing medical condition, that benefit will be gone. If you are a woman, we will be back to a time when being a woman is a pre-existing medical condition, if your adult children are on your policy, say goodbye, no longer will they be—and that in a time of a pandemic," Pelosi said.
Pelosi remarked Sunday that Barrett taking a seat on the court prior to the November 10 arguments could finally tip the court to begin stripping the ACA—or potentially to abolish it altogether. Former Vice President Joe Biden issued a statement Sunday echoing Pelosi's remarks about the Trump administration and the senate GOP attack on the Affordable Care Act:
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