Klobuchar appeals to American people: 'Your health care is on the line'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., a former prosecutor, took the Democratic case directly to the American people in her opening statement, telling them to call Republican senators and tell them "enough is enough."
“Why, Senator Cruz, does President Trump matter?” she began in response to her GOP colleague immediately preceding her. “He is putting the Supreme Court in place in his words to, quote, ‘look at the ballots,’ end quote.”
“Well, I won't concede that this election is headed to the courts because you know at home exactly what the president is up to. That's why you are voting. That's why you are voting in droves. Why are you voting? Well, you know that your rights, your health care is on the line.”
Klobuchar emphasized that Judge Barrett has been critical on multiple occasions of the court upholding the Affordable Care Act -- and the timing of its oral arguments on its fate on Nov. 10.
“To the women of America, we have come so far and in the name of RBG. We should not go backwards,” she said. "This isn't Donald Trump's country. It is yours.”
“This shouldn't be Donald Trump's judge. It should be yours."
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