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Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said they will not meet\u00a0with Amy Coney Barrett<\/a> — President Trump\u2019s pick to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Trump announced on Saturday<\/a> evening that he intends to nominate Barrett to fill the vacancy on the nation\u2019s highest court after the death of\u00a0Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ANNOUNCES AMY CONEY BARRETT AS NOMINEE FOR SUPREME COURT SEAT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats indicated that they will oppose Barrett\u2019s nomination, citing her conservative credentials which they see as a threat to health care and abortion rights, while also arguing that it is too close to Election Day for Trump to nominate a justice.<\/p>\n

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee and will\u00a0 play a role in confirmation hearings, said he would oppose her confirmation \u201cas I would any nominee proposed as part of this illegitimate sham process, barely one month before an election as Americans are already casting their votes.\u201d<\/p>\n

“If Judge Barrett\u2019s views become law, hundreds of millions of Americans living w\/pre-existing conditions would lose access to their health care. In the middle of a pandemic, rushing confirmation of an extreme jurist who will decimate health care is unconscionable,” he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will refuse to treat this process as legitimate & will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

BIDEN SAYS SENATE SHOULD NOT ACT ON AMY CONEY BARRETT SUPREME COURT NOMINATION UNTIL AFTER ELECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, also said that she would not meet with Barrett when asked on CNN<\/a>, although she said she would question her at the hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not be meeting with her, I will take the opportunity to question her when she is under oath,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Republicans are unlikely to be too concerned by Democrats not\u00a0meeting with Barrett, having indicated they have the votes<\/a>, both in the Senate Judiciary Committee and in the Senate chamber, to confirm Barrett along party lines before the election.<\/p>\n

So far, only sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have indicated they oppose moving forward with a confirmation before the election. Murkowski has since suggested she still may vote for the nominee.<\/p>\n

With 53 votes in the Senate, there would need to be three Republican defections for there to be a tie, which would be broken then by Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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