Congressman García's Statement on Trump's Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

Statement

Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States:

"Tonight, Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Her nomination is a rushed political charade in an electoral year. Barrett's extreme views will roll back gains on health care and women's rights. Judge Barrett has a track record of extremely conservative views that would erase the progress Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg achieved for gender equality, workplace protections, and civil rights.

"We are in a global pandemic that Trump has mismanaged and even denied. COVID-19 has killed more than 200 thousand people in our country. Yet, Amy Coney Barrett believes the Affordable Care Act, which has given millions of Americans access to health care, should be overturned. Barrett does not believe in a women's reproductive freedom, stating that she could envision the court undermining Roe V. Wade in a way that would give states leeway to make it harder for a woman to obtain an abortion. In 2017, Barrett refused to hear a case about workplace racial segregation in a Chicago business that assigned workers to different stores based on race. These are just some examples of where Judge Barret stands on issues that are crucial to my community.

"The decisions the Supreme Court makes impact the lives of all people in the United States for generations. Trump and Republicans are defying Senate procedure to jam through this nominee just to reverse Justice Ginsburg's legacy and decades of legal precedent. Together with Senate Democrats, we will fight this with everything we have."

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