Democrats will use Barrett nomination to galvanize party voters

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 26, 2020 11:52pm ET

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Democrats will use Barrett nomination to galvanize party voters — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks following remarks by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who told reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trumpâs impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

With little power to stop the Senate from confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Democrats will instead try and use her nomination to springboard into the majority next year by galvanizing their base ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

No sooner had President Trump announced Barrett in the White House Rose Garden, Sen. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader and New York Democrat, sent an email blast warning Barrett is a threat to their healthcare that only his party can stop.

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