Political Quotes

“Mr. President, later today we will confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. By now, I don't need to tell anybody that she is one of the most highly qualified Supreme Court candidates in living memory. Her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a master class in what a Supreme Court Justice should look like, which is probably why a majority of voters want the Senate to confirm this outstanding nominee to the Nation's highest Court. A CNN anchor recently pointed out that, ``in another age . . . Judge Amy Coney Barrett would be getting 70 votes or more in the United States Senate . . . because of her qualifications.'' That is unquestionably true, but, unfortunately, it is extremely unlikely that Judge Barrett will be collecting 70 or more votes later today because, for my Democratic colleagues, this has never been about Judge Barrett's qualifications. Democrats were never going to support this nomination, no matter how supremely qualified the individual in question. The President could have nominated the wisest, most outstanding jurist in the history of the world, and Democrats would still be opposing this nomination--in large part simply because it was made by this President. Democrats had their talking points ready from the beginning--the same talking points that they trot out for every Republican Supreme Court nominee. The sky will fall if this nominee makes it on to the Court, they cry. Minorities will suffer. Women will suffer.…”