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Female GOP Senators Say Amy Coney Barrett Will Inspire ‘Our Daughters And Granddaughters’

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  • Female Republican senators praised Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett during a press conference Wednesday.
  • “When we look at Judge Barrett we see an accomplished woman,” said Republican Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer. “We see a brilliant jurist. We see a nice person. We see someone who has been able to balance their family life with a husband, seven children, and keep everyone on track.”
  • “Folks, this is what a mom can do,” Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said. 

Female Republican senators praised Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday, saying that Barrett will inspire their daughters and granddaughters through her example as a dignified legal jurist and successful mother.

“Folks, this is what a mom can do,” Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said at the Wednesday afternoon press conference. “I tell my daughter that all the time. A mom can be a farmer or a rancher. A mom can be a combat veteran. A mom can be a financial planner. A mom can serve in the United States senate. And most certainly, a mom can be a Supreme Court Justice. Anybody that says different is absolutely wrong.”

President Donald Trump announced Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee Saturday evening. If confirmed, Barrett will replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18. (RELATED: These Are The Attacks Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Has Already Faced From Democrats)

In Barrett “we have a role model for our girls, our daughters, and our granddaughters,” said Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, adding that since Barrett has “traveled a journey that not many of us get to do, we should use that as an opportunity to inspire that next generation.”

“She’s been asked to put her name forward, she’s accepted that, she’s putting her family under tremendous scrutiny, along with her professional life, and that’s not an easy journey in and of itself,” Capito said.

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) speaks at a news conference to discuss Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) speaks at a news conference to discuss Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Barrett’s 2017 confirmation hearings gained national attention when Democrats suggested that her Catholicism made her unfit to serve as a judge — and media has attempted to spin comments Barrett made soon after during an interview on filling Supreme Court vacancies. Barrett’s Catholic faith has also been called “extreme,” and some media outlets have attempted to link a Catholic group associated with Barrett to the fictional dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Republican female leaders pushed back against these criticisms Wednesday, emphasizing that Barrett is a “brilliant” jurist and a woman who conducts herself with “grace.”

“Her religion ought not to be a disqualifier for serving on the federal bench,” Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn said, adding that there are “some on the left” who would rather an atheist or secularist sat on the bench. “We appreciate freedom of religion. As she goes through this process, we are going to hear more about that, about her life, her character.”

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after being nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after being nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Barrett has seven children, five biological children and two adopted from Haiti, and her critics have questioned whether she will be able to take care of her children and serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Media figures have also suggested that Barrett adopted her children for nefarious reasons.

Republican Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer praised Barrett’s ability to balance both an impressive legal career and a large family, saying: “When we look at Judge Barrett we see an accomplished woman. We see a brilliant jurist. We see a nice person. We see someone who has been able to balance their family life with a husband, seven children, and keep everyone on track.”

“I think it is fitting that we have Judge Barrett being nominated to continue to push forward in breaking those barriers,” Sen. Martha McSally said, describing Barrett as a woman of “faith, and of grace, and of brilliance, and of compassion.”

McSally also pointed out the hypocrisy of those who ask Barrett how she will balance her family with serving as a Supreme Court justice. “Nobody asks the men that,” she said.

“She’ll be just the fifth woman if confirmed on the court and she’ll be the first with school age children serving on the Supreme Court,” McSally added. “That is something that should be celebrated across the country.”

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