Before the november election. Judge amy Coney Barrett, a historic nomination, that could cement a majority on the court for many, many years. He made the announcement a little while ago in the white house rose garden, nominating judge Coney Barrett to fill the chair left by Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. He praised her for her intellect, piercing legal analysis, and generous spirit. Amy Coney Barrett will decide cases based on the text of the constitution as written. As amy has said, being a judge takes courage. Youre not there to decide cases as you may prefer. You are there to do your duty and to follow the law wherever it may take you. All right. Lets get some more on the president s choice of judge amy Coney Barrett and where the process heads from here. I want to bring in others. Phil, weve learned some details have already been set aside for senate hearings. Id like you to stand by and get our viewers up to speed on that. Jeremy diamond, youre there at the white house first. I want to set the scene for us. What happened for viewers tuning in right now . It was a very moving powerful ceremony in the rose garden. Lots of people there, and once again, very few of them wearing masks, and they were crowded together. Yes. Listen. He came out and emphasized the importance of a pick. Its rare that the president gets to nominate three justices to the Supreme Court, but the president had that chance today by nominating judge amy Coney Barrett. And by doing so, the president is going to reshape the Supreme Court for decades to come, and all the important decisions will come from the highest court in the land, the president repeatedly emphasizing the importance of this including second amend rights, which is something the president highlighted for law and order issues which are key components of the president s campaign. While the president was certainly focusing on the legacy impact of all of this that it will have, this is something he has brought up privately and publicly stating nominations to the u. S. Supreme court is perhaps the most important thing he does as president aside from matters of war and peace. He was also focused on electoral impact. Thats something everyones chewing over this week as they process this decision not only to nominate judge amy Coney Barrett but also to try to confirm her before the election date. Mark meadows a few moments ago said he hopes if it goes smoothly, the judge could be confirmed by november 1st. Critically, that would be before the november 3rd election. Theres a huge question of what the impact will be on the right and the left. Of course, it is a galvanizing issue for the president s conservative base. It also has been. Its been a key part to the conservatives. But there will also be an impact on the left side with this Obamacare Decision coming up and the broader issue of reproductive rights. So certainly a lot is at stake. And one of the things not mentioned by the president is a cnn poll this week showing that 6 in 10 americans believe it is the president who is elected in this next election who should fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and that it should not be filled before that election takes place. Im personally curious about this, jeremy. You were there in the rose garden. We saw a nice crowd, sitting very close together. Very few of them wearing masks. Alex azar, i saw he did put on his mask. Others did not. Everyone in the rose garden, were they tested for coronavirus before they were allowed in because they got pretty close to each other and pretty close to the president. Yeah, this is protocol that the white house has been following for several weeks. Only a certain number of people attending the event are actually testing for the coronavirus. Anyone who interacts directly with the president is tested, but most of the people in the audience today were not tested and many of them arrived with masks on. Some of them took their masks off after they took their seats and began mingling with each other. Think most notable was dr. Scott atlas, the president s coronavirus adviser. Hes, of course, not an immunologist or expert on Infectious Diseases or epidemiology, but he has the president s ear, and hes advising him on what most Health Experts say. You saw dr. Atlas not wearing a mask, interacting with ores in the crowd not tested for coronavirus. Its really remarkable. We need to remind people were still in the middle of this pandemic. We certainly are. Almost 1,000 people died yesterday from the virus here in the United States. Alex azar, when he was sitting there, i saw him put on the mask. But when he was lieaving, he tok off his mask. Everyone was walking around, fist bumping without any mask. There you see him smiling as he walked away. He took off his mask that he was wearing while seated. I want to go up to Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. Tell us about that. Whats the process that Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader, Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the judiciary committee, are putting forward . The best way to look at things from here on out, this is Mitch Mcconnells ball game with Lindsey Graham taking the lead or playing the lead role for mcconnell over the next several weeks. I was texting with a republican official who has been involved in several Supreme Court nominations. When we were going through the schedule i was about to talk about, i said, its very fast. He said thats lightning fast. Heres whats laid out. By tuesday, amy Coney Barrett is expected to be on capitol hill to meet with Mitch Mcconnell. Sho sho sho shortly thereafter shell meet with Lindsey Graham. Thats what you do. In the leadup to the nomination hearings, according to the sources who had seen the schedule are set up to start october 12th. Two days of questions and outside questions. Thats what was done by the last president. Its october 12th to the 15th. Thats exactly what jeremy talked about he had heard from mark meadows. She could be confirmed by november 1st. Lightning quick. It could be in the matter of 30, 40, 45 days. Given the time period, given how close it is to the election and the republicans want it done, they plan to get it done. Theres little to nothing the democrat democrats can do to slow the process down. But so long as Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader has a majority in the United States senate, we know for a fact, 51 of the 53 republican senators want to move forward to a vote. My understanding over the course of reporting over the last five, six, seven days, if it was going to be amy Coney Barrett, all 51 of those senators are expected to vote for that nomination. As long as that stays over the course of the hearings and meetings, right now mcconnell can move things through before the election. They certainly can. Phil, thank you very much. Jere jeremy, thanks to you as well. Right now i want to bring in one of the Democratic Senators who be questions judge amy Coney Barrett. Judiciary senator macy h maisie. Give us your reaction to the pick by the president. They want to make sure whoever they pick, and it didnt matter if its a man or woman because the republicans are prepared to vote for whoever it is, but they want to push this person through to vote down the Affordable Care act. They want the person to be sitting there and hear it and make a decision. Shes growinggoing to strike down the Affordable Care act in the middle of a pandemic and leave millions and millions without health care. I tell you, wolf. The president shows us every single day he doesnt care as we have this superspreader event and nobodys wearing masks, and the only ones getting tested at the rose garden are those clo closest to him so he can be protected. Thats whats happening. You used the word steal. Theyre not doing anything that is illegal. Theyre going through the process. They are the majority, right . Yes, but, you know, what Mitch Mcconnell makes right makes right and unless two develop a conscience, he can push as many people as he wants, which is exactly what hes doing. Here we are in the midst of a pandemic with millions of people out of work. We should be dealing with the h. E. R. O. E. S. Act. He sat on the bill and he can push the Supreme Court nominee because he wants to push down the plan. The white house chief of staff mark meadows just said, senator, that he hopes amy Coney Barrett will be confirmed by the senate before november 1st. The election, of course, is november 3rd. So whats your reaction. Is there anything you and your fellow democrats realistically can do assuming 51 of 53 are on board . Is there anything you can do to stop this . What ive been doing drn we may not be able to stop it. But we can slow it down. The American People need to know whats at stake. Theyre going to be one day with amy barrett voting down the Affordable Care act protections. Theyll be sitting at their kitchen tables, wondering how the heck theyre going to pay their medical bills. Thats whats happening. Thats whats at stake for the American People. Im going to use every moment to get that across, and, of course, i will question judge barrett under oath as to her other views because as she has very closely held views that will impact a womans right to choose, and certainly shes already expressed her basically willingness to vote down the Affordable Care act and other precedents. Will you or wont you be willing to meet with her, give her the courtesy, get to know her a little bit. Clearly youll participate in the hearings and ask tough questions, but can will you mwi with her . Earlier dick durbin said he will give her that courtesy. I will not be meeting with her. I will meet her when i question her under oath. Shes got a personal story, wonderful family, but given her legal background, a Supreme Court clerk for justice scalia. A court of appeals judge right now, is she qualified to be on the Supreme Court . The issue is whether or not her closely held views on issues such as the Affordable Care act, such as abortion rights can beseparated from her ability to be a fair and objective justice. Obviously the republicans and the president is counting on that not being the case which is why they want her on the Supreme Court so fast so she can vote down the Affordable Care act. She has an antipathy to reproductive rights. She also is more than willing to not follow the Supreme Court precedent, and roe v. Wade is a Supreme Court precedent. Ill read to you while i have you for a moment, a harvard law professor, former Supreme Court clerk noah feldman whos well known. He writes, barrett is a sincere lovely person. I never heard her it ear word that was thoughtless or unkind. If you believe in an ideal temperament of calm and decor rumblings, rest assured that barrett has it. Im going to be confident that barrett will be a good justice, maybe even a great one even if i disagree with her all the way. Whats your reaction when you hear professor noah feldman say those words . The issue is whether she can be fair and objective as a justice because she will be on that court if confirmed for decades, shell be making decisions that impact our lives starting with whether or not were going to have the protections of the Affordable Care act. She will be making decision wls or not a woman has a right to control her own body. Shell be making decisions including on lgbtq rights and other decisions. Thats what we should be concerned about. If she can be fair and objective and not hold to her strongly held views and she can separate those, thats another question. That is but thats the concern i have. And clearly as i said, wolf, shes been put on the court really fast so she can vote down the Affordable Care act after sitting on the court to hear the oral argument on november 10th. Thats what the people of america should know. Well see what happens on that front. As we always say, were heading toward election day on november 3rd. Clearly elections have consequenc consequences, elections for president s and elections for senators. Well see what happens. Senator hirono, thank you so much. Thank you. The request for mailin ballots are shattering records. Now there are legal battles in key swing states on how voting should be counted. Well discuss that live and more when we come back. When managing diabetes you cant always stop for a fingerstick. With the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you dont have to. With a painless, onesecond scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. 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The voting is going to be critical and peoples participation is going to be critical. Im not concerned at all. I think its a matter of educating voters how to volt by mail, how to vote at a voting center, or how to vote in person. Wolf, i brought a ballot with me. This is a pennsylvania ballot. It looks like this. You fill it out, fold it up, and stick it in one of these secrecy envelopes. You sign the back of the envelope, put it all in, and mail it in on time. A constituent, megan, equated it with a wedding invitation this. Is not hard or controversy. Its simply voting. The president is trying to sow doubt. Hes trying to create chaos with voting when, in fact, its a simple thing to do and its our job to educate voters on the best way to do that. But im confident our institutions, no matter what kind of attacks are leveled against the president will with stand those attacks and well have the proper winner declared on or shortly after election day here. Those ballots and those two envelopes, you have to request those in pennsylvania. Theyre not just sent out to millions of people blindly, right . Thats exactly right. You get to decide in pennsylvania how you want to vote. If you want to vote at the polls on november 3rd, you simply go there. If you want to vote from home, doing it by mail. You request a ballot, its mailed to you. You fill it out, and you mail it back. If people dont trust the mail right now there are a lot of people who dont trust the mail, are there dropoff locations where people can vote at home, put it in the envelope and put it in another envelope and drop it off . Yes. If folks want to go to an early voting center, they can do that. If they want to leave a ballot at a legal drop box, they can do that as well. I recognize there are a lot of people who have concerns about mail right now. I do as well. Thats why ive led a coalition of states in suing louis dejoy, the president s handpicked crony for postmaster general because he made illegal changes to our mail back in july. He slowed up the mail. I was talking with a person who has been waiting extra days for his drug, a businessperson has been waiting for a check for several days simply because the u. S. Postmaster general slowed up the mail. Weve sued him to reverse the changes from july and importantly because i dont trust him t president , or the word they put foncht we want an independent monitor to be placed at the Postal Service to ensure that these legal changes that were made get rolled back and the mail can begin to flow on time. The point here is we need to have confidence in our institutions of government. The president attacks them relentlessly from the Supreme Court to the post office to so many institutions of government. Ive got to tell you, i believe fundamentally america is stronger than donald trump, and its going to be on each of us from a voter to a United States senator to do our part to protect these institutions, democracy, from the withering attacks that come from donald trump, attacks ta are fueled from conspiracy theories and all kinds of nonsense. Youre going to hear some of that from my home. Those attacks that come seek to promote this sort of chaos theory that he has, but i believe at the end of the day, america will rise up, reject his type of chaos, and protect our institutions from the post office to the Supreme Court. As you point out. The president heading to middletown pennsylvania for a political rally. Weve got live pictures to show our viewers. A big crowd has gathered there. Not much social distancing, attorney general, and not many folks are wearing masks, at least we can see from this shot, the president getting ready for that political rally after his Supreme Court nominee was announced in the rose garden at the white house. Attorney general josh shapiro of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, thanks so much for joining us. Good to be with you. Thank you. The most anticipated moment of the election is coming closer and closer. They will face off in the first president ial event. You can watch it all play out live on cnn. Our special coverage will begin tuesday starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. And in november the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear about the legality of the individual mandate of the Affordable Care act among other issues. The Supreme Court nominee amy Coney Barrett has sharply criticized past judicial decisions. Well take a closer look at how she could potentially change the balance of the court on so many issues. Well be right back. 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If confirmed judge amy Coney Barrett will undoubtedly bring a more conservative bench to the Supreme Court, and on one issue shes been particularly outspoken on, that being the Affordable Care act, which happens to be one of the first cases the judges have on their docket after the november 3rd election. At issue, the legality of the individual mandate aspect of president obamas Signature Health care legislation. Cnns Elliott Williamson is with us now. Its possible that judge Coney Barrett will be confirmed. She might be justice Coney Barrett at that point. What does that mean for the future of obamacare or the Affordable Care act as its known . Sure. First thing, big picture. Any discussion about any nominee, whether its Amy Comey Barrett or not needs to start and end with the procession that got us here and sort of how hijacked and broken it was by the president of the United States and congress. Thats the backdrop here. Now, turning to judge barrett and her record, the president has made abundantly clear he has a litmus test in effect on the Affordable Care act yochl u can find the tweet it. Was june 26th, 2015, where he said the future judges he nominates are going to do the right thing unlike chief Justice John Roberts did. So hes clearly wanting distance from john roberts who did rule previously in navy of the Affordable Care act. The president has made clear what he wants. We would be right in assuming he got that with judge amy Coney Barrett. She argued judge roberts approach. She signed a letter, the incredibly critical contra s contraceptive portion. She has a paper trail and she was asked about it. Shes made it very clear where shes stood on it at least in the past. Were told they will hear the justices whether theres eight or nine on november 10th. Theyll hear the arguments, but a decision probably wont come for months, maybe until the spring. If the Affordable Care act is struck down by the u. S. Supreme court as unconstitutional, as you know, millions of americans could lose their health insurance, and if the u. S. Is still in the middle of a deadly pandemic, that would especially awful. Walk us through this process how it would actually work. Sure. You ask a very important question here because whats at issue here, theres three things the Supreme Court is deciding. Number one, whether texas and 17 other states have the right to sue in the first place. Thats called standing under the law. Number two, whether the penalty for the individual mandate, for not having insurance, whether having any penalty in the law is unconstitutional. And, three, if you find it unconstitution unconstitutional, does that mean the whole law is void including those who need health insurance, or you keep the law in place but take out that pep amount. Thats called serverability where you take a scalpel, in effect, and curve it out. I dont know how many Times Congress has tried to repeat and replace obamacare and has consistently failed. There are provisions that allow kids who are 26 years old to stay on parents insurance. You have to find a fix for those or they vanish and you leave people without it. Thank you very much. What could the Supreme Court possibly be doing as far as the Affordable Care act is concerned during a deadly pandemic . What does that mean to an emergency room figz . We have someone on the front lines to discuss. Well be right back. Oh yeah, we gotta take off. You downloaded the Td Ameritrade mobile app . Yeah, actually im taking one last look at my dashboard before we board. And you have thinkorswim mobile so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. You two are all set. Choose the app that fits your investing style. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. 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Quote, chief Justice Roberts pushed the Affordable Care act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute. We have an Emergency Room Physician joining us. Dr. Remi, thanks so much for joining us. Were in the midst of another pandemic. How concerned are you that an estimated 21 million americans could potentially lose their health insurance, if the aca, Affordable Health care act is repealed . Wolf, its a joy to be here with you. The attempt to repeal the aca is going to create chaos, confusion, and poor health for millions upon millions of americans. Not just those covered by the aca, the 20 million you mentioned, but also the other people, the 26yearolds or 25yearolds on their parents plans, all of the people with preexisting conditions who have been able to get insurance because of the aca. Let me mention in the midst of covid, im worried that the tens of hundreds of thousands of americans affected by covid and have survived could lose their insurance if the aca is overt n overturned. So the potential appeal of this act has im pence implications for our health. I cant say how concerned i am over this. You see this every day, dr. R ranney. This is an image from dr. Alex azar a few days ago. You see behind him on the hhs screen theres the words beat the virus, wear a mask. Now, this isnt today in the rose garden. He put on a mask briefly, but then he was walking around. You see him in the middle of your screen there, no mask, shaking, fist bumping, very close quarters. Its hard to understand what he was encouraging, saying its so, so important a couple of days ago and then we see him in the rose garden not wearing this mask and we know that wearing a mask will save thousands and thousands of lives. What goes through your mind as an emergency room figz . As an emergency physician, listen, wolf, i worked today in the e. R. I saw dozens of patients, many who i was concerned may have covid. I put a mask on every patient who walks in the door and i wear a mask for the entire time im there, both to protect me and protect my patients. We have study after study that shows like you said that 80 to 90ch of the cases could be prevented if everyone was universally masked. Its with my kids are doing at their school. Walking around without a mask sends the wrong message. To be at the rose garden. Even whos been there has been tested. You could argue maybe it isnt necessary, but it sends a message. Its essential to all of us who hold positions of influence, government, or just in media to wear masks when were out in public, to send that right message because thats the only way that were right now that were going to combat and succeed against this virus. Yeah. All these studies have shown if 95 of the American Public wore masks when theyre in public, outside, social distancing, or inside, its even more dangerous when youre around a whole bunch of people, tens of thousands could be saved here in the United States. Dr. Ranney, thank you so much for joining us. Any moment were told the president of the United States is leaving the white house, leaving the white house. The president stopped and spoke to reporters on the south lawn of the white house before boarding marine one. Were about to get that tape. We understand he answered reporters questions. Well share that with you when we come back. Will back up our system. But dad, ridx contains billions of enzymes proven to break down even paper to keep your whole septic system healthy. For paper, grease or waste breakdown. Use ridx. She always wanted her smile to shine. 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I mean, i dont know how they can do it. The question was do i expect any fireworks at the confirmation. I think its very hard. Where . What could you say, the best student, best academically, great judge, great professor, the highest recommendations, right . I think its very, very hard for them to do it. Americans wanting to wait until after the election . I dont think they know amy, when they get to meet her and see her, you know, this is just something. We have a lot of time because if you really look, we dont have to do it before, but i think this will be done before the election. I think it will send a great signal to a lot of people, but shes outstanding and im glad she could be there. Were going to harrisburg, pennsylvania, and theres going to be a lot of people there and thats good. I think were doing very well. Thank you. Were leading in pennsylvania. Were leading in florida. I think were leading everywhere. Director wray . He disagrees with us on a couple of things, well see whats going on. If you look at the ballots, you know, they found ballots in a garbage can and they had the name trump on them, cast for trump and they found them in a garbage can. They found many ballots as you know in a river bed in a state, in a certain state. They had another case where a thousand ballots were sent but not single, they were sent double, so you get to vote twice. This whole thing i have been telling you, this whole ballot scam is going to cause a lot of problems for our country. I want to see a very peaceful transition, but it has to be a legal process. When you get thousands of ballots sent to people and theyre double ballots where you get two votes, and thats just one of many problems. Go back and look at the iowa primary, democrat primary. They still dont know who won. I mean, you look at it, it was a disaster using this system. I dont think they know who won yet. Many ballots were missing. There was fraud. Look, we cant do this. That was a relatively small number of people. We cant do this to our country. So were going to see, were going to watch. Were watching very closely the u. S. Attorneys are watching, the attorney general is watching, the sheriffs are watching, local police is watching. And its a very sad thing. Also, bloomberg. Bloomberg cant go to florida and pay people to vote. He committed a crime if he does that. And he has done that. So he understands that. So thats it. Im going to go to the debate. Steve is asking will i go on the attack. I have no idea. I have no idea how hes going to be. Hes always different when he comes out because hes on a different medication i guess, but hes always very different when he comes out, so i have no idea whats coming out. Ive been doing this for a long time. He has been doing it 47 years. I have been doing it for four years. Thats a big difference. Thats going to be up to the justices. Theyre going to see. I never discussed that with amy. This is something that because it wouldnt be appropriate to discuss, they have to make a decision and thats going to be for the judges to say. [ inaudible question ] looks like theyll be putting that out shortly. Lindsey graham will be putting that out shortly. But its going to go fast. Were looking to do it before the election. So its going to go very fast. Thank you all. See you in harrisburg. Thank you. Hes heading to pennsylvania. Actually going to be in middletown, pennsylvania, thats where the Political Campaign rally is set to take place later tonight. Jeremy diamond, we heard the president say i want to see a peaceful transition, then he said its got to be x, y and z. He is obviously very, very concerned he says about the ballots. Yeah. And i heard similar comments from the president last night at his rally in newport news, virginia. The president there kind of walking back comments from earlier in the week where he refused to say he would support a peaceful transition. But at the same time, wolf, still telling supporters that the only legitimate outcome of the election is one in which the president is crowned the victor and that is not only false because there are a myriad of ways joe biden could win the election without any fraud, without any cheating, and theres of course no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but its also potentially dangerous because it sets up a scenario where at least a third of the country that, you know, follow the president s every word and perhaps as much as half the country might not believe the results of the election because of what the president is saying, if indeed joe biden defeats donald trump at the ballot box on november 3rd. Wolf, the president also discussing the Supreme Court nomination process, making very clear he wants to see this nomination, this confirmation happen before the november 3rd election. And he was asked the question whether he expected any fireworks, any controversy as judge amy Coney Barrett goes before the Senate Judiciary committee for her hearings. The president said he doesnt expect it, he doesnt see how thats possible given judge Coney Barretts record and stellar recommendations from some of her former bosses, from former justice antonin scalia, but nonetheless, the president as he did earlier in the day in the rose garden raised the fact that justice cavanaughs confirmation, the president also expected that to be smooth sailing and of course it was nothing but, it was anything but that because of the Sexual Assault allegation that came forward during that time. That was not something the white house had expected. So the president nodded to that fact, acknowledging there could be some surprise in the confirmation process, but nonetheless, the president and the white house expecting that judge Coney Barrett will be confirmed to be the next justice of the United StatesSupreme Court before the november 3rd election. Thats certainly their goal, thats what theyre pushing for here, wolf, with a much shortened time line in terms of the confirmation process that were going to see unfold in the next few weeks. Stand by. Jeffrey toobin is with us. When the president says i think it is going to go quickly, the confirmation process, he is probably right given the republican majority in the senate. He is. But can we also do our job at journalists and talk about some of the lies he just told . The idea, the problem with the Iowa Caucuses was that there were corruption in mail in ballots, it was a caucus, there were no mail in ballots. I mean, the line he has done about the election processes are so pernicious, so constant, we should try to do our jobs at least a little bit. I know its hard because he tells so many lies, but that cascade of lies he just told about mail in ballots is something that we should acknowledge and do our best to try to monitor. Youre absolutely right. We get used to all of that, the distortions when he said were leading in pennsylvania, leading in florida, were leading everywhere. According to almost all of the polls, not necessarily true. Looks like theyre close contests in key battleground states in florida and pennsylvania, although some of the most recent polls in pennsylvania show that biden is ahead. And youre right, as far as ballots are concerned, there were a few, a handful of ballots thrown into a garbage can by mistake. There wasnt any crime there, right . There was no crime there, and he tosses off this thing about a thousand ballots here, a thousand ballots here, that is not true. That is not true. And what he said about the Iowa Caucuses was beyond bizarre. The Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is making his statement on the amy Coney Barrett nomination. The great Ruth Bader Ginsburg is so meaningful to all of us for the great work shes done on behalf of women and so many others. I feel a special Neighborhood Pride in Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She went to Madison High School which i attended as well and we feel her loss. And to replace her with amy Coney Barrett who would undo almost everything Ruth Bader Ginsburg had done and to be more of a dying wish that the next president select the nominee is so wrong. Why is the amy Coney Barrett nomination so troubling . The American People should make no mistake about it. A vote for judge barrett is a vote to take away health care and its protections for over 130 million americans who now have protections against preexisting conditions. For over 40 million americans that pay less for drugs on medicare. Close to 10 million americans that will lose their health care all together. A vote for amy Coney Barrett is you a dagger aimed at the heart of the Health Care Protections americans so desperately need and want. By nominating judge barrett to the Supreme Court, President Trump has put Americans Health care at grave risk and