by PENNY STARR
\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n
Harris tweeted after a 52 to 48 Senate vote along party lines to put Barrett on the High Court:<\/p>\n
Today Republicans denied the will of the American people by confirming a Supreme Court justice through an illegitimate process\u2014all in their effort to gut the Affordable Care Act and strip health care from millions with pre-existing conditions. We won\u2019t forget this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Although the Democrats, who unanimously voted against the confirmation, claimed that the process to put Barrett on the court was hypocritical because the Senate refused to confirm Barack Obama\u2019s nomination of Merrick Garland during his last year in office, the Senate, in fact, has the right to advise and consent on nominations if it agrees.<\/p>\n
In this case, Republicans control the White House and the Senate, so the latter agreed to proceed with Barrett\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n
Others on the left decried Barrett\u2019s confirmation as well, including the left-wing anti-Trump group Indivisible. Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Director of Democracy Policy at Indivisible, said in a statement:<\/p>\n
Today, Mitch McConnell and his Republican cronies confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, tarnishing the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and undermining whatever remaining faith the public still had in the court as an institution.\u00a0 Despite Republicans\u2019 attempts to obfuscate Barrett\u2019s extreme record, let\u2019s be clear: the Supreme Court is now under the control of six far-right ideologues who were chosen and confirmed not to administer justice but to administer wins to the Republican party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cAmy Coney Barrett is a threat to the health and safety of millions of Americans,\u201d the statement said, adding that the November 3 election of Joe Biden will serve as revenge for the confirmation.<\/p>\n