President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail after missing a few days during which he was battling the coronavirus. In a North Carolina rally, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court nomination process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett and said that the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee were “evil people.”
Speaking to supporters on Friday, Trump said, “We got it done, it looks like it’s going to be done very soon. They have a one-week period where they sit but they’re getting out of committee and it’s very exciting.”
Referencing Judge Barrett, Trump said, “She’s been flawless, she hasn’t made a mistake. She’s toying with those Democrat, evil people.”
He added, “The way that they treated Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh was one of the greatest disgraces, I’ve never seen anything like it and I’ve watched a lot of unfair things. I get treated that way all the time. But I want to tell you, I’ve never seen anything like it, the way they went after Justice Kavanaugh.”
"She's toying with those Democrat, evil people. They're evil" — Trump on Amy Coney Barrett pic.twitter.com/NDbjM4DqPC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by Trump in July of 2018 — his confirmation hearings were roiled by allegations and reports that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted women while in high school and college.
Kavanaugh denied the allegations and was eventually confirmed to the Supreme Court. In 2016, the famous Access Hollywood tape surfaced, in which Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women.
Justice Barrett has enjoyed a relatively smooth nomination and confirmation process, with one exception — her nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House apparently led to a number of powerful politicians contracting the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci has called that ceremony a “superspreader event.”
Democrats objected to President Trump’s move to push through a Supreme Court nomination as the nation is already voting for the next president but they are powerless. Republicans hold the majority in the Senate and before Barrett was even nominated, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham boasted that Republicans had the vote to confirm her.