Kamala Harris rips into Republican senate after Barrett’s confirmation to Supreme Court

The US Senate confirmed conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court’s newest justice, delivering a landmark and controversial win for President Donald Trump just eight days before the election. The deeply divided chamber voted 52 to 48, largely along party lines in the Republican-controlled Senate, making Barrett the third Trump nominee to reach the high court and cementing a six-to-three conservative majority.

Following the announcement, Senator Kamala Harris took to Twitter and expressed her displeasure at Barrett’s appointment.

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“Instead of working to provide COVID-19 relief to struggling Americans, Mitch McConnell and Republicans chose to jam through a Supreme Court nominee—when more than 62 million people have already voted. It’s despicable and they must be held accountable,” Harris tweeted.

“My Senate Republican colleagues have just done great harm to the American people by confirming Judge Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. There is no question about that,” Harris said.

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Before the senate went to vote, Harris, in a tweet, listed some of the things that ‘is in jeopardy with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee’.

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“Access to health care, our voting rights, workers’ rights, LGBTQ+ equality, the right to a safe and legal abortion, policies to combat climate change, and so much more,” the vice-presidential candidate tweeted.

Republican lawmakers broke into applause as the tally was read out, and the White House is also expected to celebrate the confirmation in the final run-up to the November 3 election, in which more than 60 million Americans have already voted, reported AFP.