Barrett is painted a “judicial torpedo”

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called Barrett a “judicial torpedo” aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Democrats have been consistently spinning the narrative that if Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court she will rule against the law. The Supreme Court which is set to hear arguments challenging the constitutionality of the law on Nov. 10

“This Supreme Court nominee has signaled in the judicial equivalent of all caps that she believes the Affordable Care Act must go, and that the precedent protecting the ACA doesn’t matter,” Whitehouse said during Barrett’s confirmation hearing. “The big secret to influences behind this unseemly rush see this nominee as a judicial torpedo they are firing at the ACA.”