Sen. Schumer calls Barrett confirmation vote an ‘illegitimate process’

Published Oct 22 2020 at 4:02 PM GMT

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called the Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court an “illegitimate process” after Democratic members of the panel boycotted the hearing.
“This is not a decision the members of the committee have taken lightly,” Schumer said during a news conference on the.