Amy Coney Barrett confirmation draws only sparse protests in sharp contrast to Kavanaugh

By Nicholas Rowan

Published October 26, 2020 9:00pm ET

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Amy Coney Barrett confirmation draws only sparse protests in sharp contrast to Kavanaugh — Women in favor of a measure to expand legal abortions, wearing red cloaks and white bonnets like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale." | (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

When supporters of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation gathered outside the Supreme Court on Monday to pray that her ascension will lead to an overturning of Roe v. Wade, they met little resistance.

About 100 people prayed in tongues, a practice common among Pentecostal Christians, and held up signs in favor of Barrett. Sam Bethea, a Christian activist and vocal Trump supporter, led the crowd in a chant of “Jesus saves” and said that Trump’s nomination of Barrett was a providential act.

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