SHOCK: NBC Shoots Down Dem Claims ACB on Mission to Nix ObamaCare

Nicholas Fondacaro | October 13, 2020
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As ABC became an active mouthpiece for the fearmongering of Senate Democrats in the confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and CBS falsely claimed she was “dodging questions” on how she would rule, NBC Justice correspondent Pete Williams took to Tuesday’s Nightly News and a largely dismantled the Democratic suggestion that the Judge would deal the death blow to ObamaCare.

“As we just heard, Judge Barrett pressed repeatedly on ObamaCare,” anchor Lest Holt prefaced following a rundown of day two the confirmation hearings from White House correspondent Peter Alexander. “Democrats suggesting, she would cast a deciding vote to kill the law. But what are the actual chances of that?

Williams began by noting that “Judge Barrett has criticized the Supreme Court's ruling that upheld Obamacare’s individual mandate. So, she might agree with the red states asking the court to declare the mandate unconstitutional.”

“But the key issue in the case the court hears in November is whether the rest of the health care law can remain in effect. Some of the court's conservatives say judges should be reluctant to strike a law if only part of it is invalid,” he noted.

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