Amy Klobuchar Urges Senate to Postpone Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is calling on the Senate to delay Supreme Court hearings to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, after Republican senators tested positive for COVID-19…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is calling on the Senate to delay Supreme Court hearings to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, after Republican senators tested positive for COVID-19.
Klobuchar noted during her appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” three senators have tested positive for the coronavirus and two of them sit on the Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) have all tested positive for the coronavirus.
“We don’t know how many other Republican senators had it. There were a number of other ones that were at the Rose Garden. They have a lunch together where they don’t have masks. We don’t do that on the Democratic side, they do,” Klobuchar said.
She continued, “It’s very possible we’re going to have more senators, more staff. So I don’t know why you would ram through this Supreme Court hearing, put people in danger because it would be within that two week period while you have shut down the whole Senate. I just think it’s wrong. We are suggesting that they wait.”