Sen. Feinstein Draws Criticism from Democrats for Role in Senate’s Supreme Court Justice Hearings

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Sen. Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he had a “serious talk” with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, following last week’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Schumer refused to defend the former San Francisco mayor, amid calls from liberal groups for her to step down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Some on the left have criticized Feinstein for being too accommodating during last week’s controversial hearing, which concluded with her praising Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and hugging him without a mask. We’ll talk with KQED politics correspondent Marisa Lagos about the controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	From KQED. Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. As Democrats decried the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney-Barrant as an egregious and hypocritical
1:05.5	Republican power grab while voting is underway, California Senator Diane Feinstein called it, quote,
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1:48.0	Democrats furious over the rushed confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney-Barrant
1:53.0	boycotted today's Judiciary Committee vote, an extraordinary step that stands in stark contrast to the comments about the confirmation process that California
2:01.7	Senator Diane Feinstein made to Judiciary Chairman Lindsay Graham last week. Here it is.
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