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Checking back in on the Democrats’ all-night marathon on the senate floor to protest the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation – speaking now is senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
The Democrats have all been on-message tonight, warning that Barrett’s elevation poses a threat to American health care. On 10 November, just one week after the election, the supreme court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could strike down Barack Obama’s health care law.
Here’s video of McConnell on the senate floor reveling in the rotten fruit of his own hypocrisy imminent confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as supreme court justice:
The Republican senate majority, America, is breaking faith with you. Doing the exact opposite of what it promised just four years ago to cement a majority on the supreme court that threatens your fundamental rights. Don’t forget it, America.”