Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Sunday that she would not support Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, because it would “be the vote that takes away health care for millions of Americans.”
“Fox News Sunday” guest host Brit Hume asked Stabenow if there was “any chance” she would vote to confirm Barrett's nomination. In reply, Stabenow congratulated Barrett on her nomination.
However, she said she would vote against Coney Barrett and noted that the country was still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
"It’s very clear from her writings, multiple writings, that she will be the vote that takes away health care for millions of Americans, including 130 million people and counting with pre-existing conditions, and of course those are going up every day because of the health pandemic," she said.
Hume asked Stabenow which writings she was referring to. Stabenow referenced Hume’s guest in the previous segment, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, and noted that Barrett has “[laid] out her criticisms of the court for essentially not repealing [the Affordable Care Act] sooner.” In a 2017 Notre Dame Law School article, Barrett quoted Justice Antonin Scalia’s criticisms of 2012 and 2015 decisions upholding most of the law.
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