The Supreme Court nominee in fact got a degree from Rhodes College in Tennessee.
The White House press secretary said during a press briefing Thursday that Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett “is a Rhodes scholar,” according to a tweet by a Bloomberg News reporter who covered the briefing.
The terms refers to the prestigious scholarship to study at Oxford University. Barrett did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship, but rather received a bachelor's degree from Rhodes College in Memphis. When reporter points that out, McEnany says,"My bad" https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/YpIFz4W1PABarrett, however, did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship, but rather earned a B.A. in English literature from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where she graduated magna cum laude, according to her bio at the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she is also an alumna and a member of school’s faculty. When a reporter pointed out this fact to McEnany, the press secretary responded by saying, “That’s what I have written here,” referencing her notes.Heather Long, a reporter for The Washington Post who actually was a Rhodes scholar, took things a step further by checking the scholarship’s alumni database and tweeted her findings Thursday. “I am pasting below all Rhodes Scholars ever selected with the first name ‘Amy,’” Long tweeted. “Amy Coney Barrett is not a ‘Rhodes Scholar.’”You can view all Rhodes Scholars in this database here:https://t.co/RF0MbYBPux I am pasting below all Rhodes Scholars ever selected with the first name"Amy." Amy Coney Barrett is not a"Rhodes Scholar." https://t.co/pJS3AUlXBp pic.twitter.com/cfmb4nanSYMcEnany’s gaffe seems consistent with the Trump administration’s record of lying to the American public. Story continuesIn fact, President Donald Trump’s penchant for making false claims is so prevalent that CNN fact-checker and reporter Daniel Dale has been meticulously chronicling his lies for years. Trump’s nomination of Barrett to fill the seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 and fought tirelessly for gender equality, has also raised concerns among social liberals. Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, was mentored by Antonin Scalia, a Supreme Court justice who consistently ruled against gender equality. Barrett, a strict Catholic, is socially conservative and has called Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision ensuring the right to abortion, an “erroneous decision.” She has also signed a public “statement of protest” against the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit, referring to it as an “assault on religious liberty.” If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would be the youngest justice on the Supreme Court and her tenure could last for decades.This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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