The Democrats have portrayed President Trump’s nominee for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court as a threat to healthcare but are careful to avoid targeting her Catholic faith. Joe Biden, hoping to convert Amy Coney Barrett’s expected appointment into votes for the Democrats, sought yesterday to tie the development to his key campaign themes of healthcare and Mr Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Democrats appear to have accepted that they will struggle to derail the appointment of Ms Barrett, 48, a mother of seven, as a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal justice who died ten days ago. “It’s no mystery what’s happening here,” Mr Biden said yesterday in Wilmington, Delaware. “President Trump is trying to throw out the

Source: The Times September 27, 2020 22:52 UTC