Discussion: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Day 3 - October 14, 2020 - Live 9:00 am ET - Politics

Discussion: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Day 3 - October 14, 2020 - Live 9:00 am ET
Hi, I’m Matt MacWilliams! Think fascism is new in America? It’s not. Trumpism is not an anomaly in our history. AMA!
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Discussion: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Day 3 - October 14, 2020 - Live 9:00 am ET

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 05:49 AM PDT

"This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee will continue its hearings for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The position became vacant following the death of the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September. This is President Trump's third Supreme Court nomination, following his nomination of Justice Gorsuch to replace the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and his nomination of Justice Kavanaugh to replace Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The hearings this morning will involve questioning by Senators on the Judiciary Committee. Each Senator on the Judiciary Committee will have 30 minutes to question Judge Barrett. Questioning will continue tomorrow, and outside witnesses will be called on Thursday. Chairman Lindsey Graham has scheduled a vote of the Judiciary Committee to follow on Friday.

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Hi, I’m Matt MacWilliams! Think fascism is new in America? It’s not. Trumpism is not an anomaly in our history. AMA!

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:35 AM PDT

Hey Reddit, I am Matthew MacWilliams, and I am the first to use survey research to establish a link between President Trump's core supporters and authoritarianism. When pundits thought Trump wouldn't go very far, I knew they wrong based on polls and focus groups I had done all across the country. What defines his appeal to voters is not their education, gender or geography—it's authoritarianism.

My new book, On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History, describes why this isn't surprising--we've been here before. Did you know, for example, that 22,000 American Nazis rallied at NYC's Madison Square Garden in 1939? Or that 46% of Americans today are inconsistent supporters of Democracy?

I am a long-time political consultant who works around the world to figure out how we can stop politicians from selling fear—because it's fear that activates our authoritarian friends and neighbors.

Proof: https://i.redd.it/l0y8wqkacws51.jpg

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'We Don't Need a Climate Denier on the Supreme Court': Outrage as Barrett Says She Has No 'Firm Views' on Climate Crisis | "If you're neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends."

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:02 AM PDT