Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to the health and safety of millions of Americans. Mitch McConnell and the Republican Senate are a threat to the health and safety of our very democracy. And despite what McConnell may claim from the Senate floor, this isn't over. If he thinks that we "won't be able to do much about this," he should think again. We can and will defeat his disastrous agenda and restore balance to the courts. It all starts on November 3.
Republicans just voted Amy Coney Barrett out of committee with no Democrats present. This is further proof that the entire process is an illegitimate sham.
As these sham hearings conclude, Indivisible is proud to announce that we hit our goal for total voter contacts nearly three weeks early—20 million voter contact attempts, four times what we drove ahead of the Blue Wave in 2018.
While we work to resoundingly defeat Donald Trump in this election, preparing to also protect the results of this election isn’t just reasonable, it’s necessary.
The idea that Amy Coney Barrett could replace RBG on the Supreme Court is an insult to RBG’s life and legacy. But Amy Coney Barrett isn’t the point: The fact that Republicans in the Senate are moving forward with a Supreme Court confirmation fight at all is a horrific abdication of their duties.
Breonna Taylor should be alive today, and her killers should have been fired and prosecuted for her murder. Light, tangential charges for one officer in the case are a mockery of justice. Today’s news is infuriating, heartbreaking, and another devastating reminder of how very very far we are from justice or safety for Black people in this country.
It is clear what should happen now: we should mourn, we should honor her legacy, and we should allow the people to decide who will nominate her replacement. With voting already underway in states across the country, it would be a grave, irresponsible power grab for the current President or Congress move before the people are heard. The next President must be the one to nominate the next Supreme Court Justice. As Justice Ginsburg herself said, ‘My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.’ We must honor that wish.