Confirmation Hearings Pose Political Consequences

The Bret Baier Podcast

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3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bret sits down with Senior Washington Correspondent for POLITICO Anna Palmer, Founding Editor at The Washington Free Beacon and AEI Resident Fellow, Matthew Continetti and FOX News Politics Editor, Chris Stirewalt to discuss how the Supreme Court confirmation hearings may impact the 2020 presidential race. The panel weighs in on how the arguments made by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett may play a role with voters in the 2020 election, where former Vice President Biden stands on the issue of court packing and they discuss the tightening Senate races around country as November 3rd inches closer. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	From Fox News, it's the campaign with Brett Baer.
0:42.2	Monday, October 12th, the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney-Barrant began. Republicans defended Barrett's nomination, praising her record
0:47.2	as a constitutional scholar and a judge, while Senate Democrats spoke of their disapproval,
0:53.0	filling a Supreme Court vacancy so close to the presidential election.
0:57.7	With nearly three weeks to go, both candidates are making their last campaign efforts.
1:03.3	President Trump headed to a rally in Florida, his first appearance outside of Washington, D.C.,
1:08.3	since he tested positive for COVID-19.
1:11.3	Former Vice President Biden campaigning in Ohio on his build-back America economic message
1:16.9	after extending his advertising in the swing state there, our socially distant panel is anxiously awaiting to discuss.
1:24.6	But first, we'll be looking at some of the key swing states in the upcoming 2020
1:27.9	election. Fox News radio national correspondent Jared Halperin gives us an update on these closely
1:33.3	contested states. President Trump won more than a dozen states four years ago by fewer than
1:38.0	a quarter million votes. That includes Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Trump campaign
1:43.4	picked up those three states with a combined
1:45.6	46 electoral college votes by just 80,000 votes total. Reversing Democratic advantages and the so-called
1:53.1	blue wall propelled President Trump to the White House. Four years later, the Upper Midwest is again
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