Thread by @designmom

The size and makeup of Amy Coney Barrett’s family doesn’t impress me, nor does it interest me. I don’t find it qualifying or disqualifying. There are a whole lot of other things about this rushed, forced, sham of a confirmation hearing that are worthy of our attention.

Barrett has shown she's untrustworthy. Lots of “I don’t recall hearing Trump say that." And "I don't know if it’s illegal to intimidate voters…”

https://twitter.com/howardfineman/status/1316165063322095616?s=20

I mean. It’s 2020. What do you mean you "don’t have firm views on climate change?"

If she was trustworthy, and had moral convictions, she would say: I’m honored, I want the job, but let’s take this up in a few short weeks after the election.

https://twitter.com/howardfineman/status/1316165063322095616?s=20

Barrett knows the President backing her is immoral in every possible way.

Can you imagine being of sound moral judgement and being willing to be placed on the court by an impeached President who doesn’t pay taxes, launders money for Russian oligarchs,...

... has 26 credible sexual assault accusations filed in court against him, let 230,000+ preventable deaths happens on his watch, consistently shares misinformation and stokes hate that gets people killed, criminally uses public funds and resources for his personal enrichment,...

... and who relishes humiliating his many wives, by publicly bragging about cheating on them?

newsweek.com/how-many-times…

Barrett knows that there is no mandate to rush to fill this seat. The polls are clear. She knows there’s a pandemic and people are suffering and that holding this joke of a hearing means the Senate is not working to bring relief to the American people.

slate.com/news-and-polit…

Barrett can’t claim morality and go along with this. I appreciate ambition in women and can imagine she feels she has to grab this opportunity to elevate herself, ignoring those who will be harmed. But surely she must know she loses any moral credibility or trust by doing so.

As we learned from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Barrett was chosen by the Federalist Society to do 5 very specific things: overturn Roe, overturn Gay Marriage, get rid of ACA, weaken the Civil Jury, weaken corporate oversight, and increase voter suppression.

esquire.com/news-politics/…

She knows this is why she was chosen and what is expected of her. By participating in this sham she has agreed to the con. She also knows the bulk of the country doesn’t want any of those things. Which makes her an extremest and an elitist.

https://twitter.com/malcolmkenyatta/status/1316062518213836801?s=20

Is she expecting to be respected and beloved? She will be hated from day one by most of the country. The bulk of the country has no interest in overturning the ACA or Roe; has no interest in filling this seat before the election.

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

Barrett won't even be taken seriously by those who currently support her, because they know her Supreme Court Seat was bought and paid for. Just like Kavanaugh's seat was bought and paid for.

And not for nothing, Barrett should never have been on the appellate court in the first place. She took the spot of a Black woman named Myra Selby.

Which reminds me, if he gets to fill a SC seat, Biden has pledged to put a Black woman on the court.

https://twitter.com/LeslieProll/status/1316062211031339008?s=20

The whole rushed, sham of a hearing is an embarrassment. The Republicans promised to support the candidate before they even knew who it would be, so the hearing is just a show. It’s a joke.

It’s yet another stain on our country put there by Republican corruption.