Trump ad tries to make Democrats seem anti-Christian with a single quote from Bill Maher
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President Trump's campaign released a Spanish-language ad on Tuesday focused on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, praising Trump's nomination of the "impartial judge" and noting that she's a Christian and mother of seven. Democrats "want to destroy" her and even "attack her family and faith," the ad alleges, but it doesn't seem to have much proof.
As a voiceover declares how Democrats are out to destroy Barrett, photos of Democratic nominee Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appear on the screen. But next up comes HBO host Bill Maher, who says Barrett is "very, very Catholic." That's more of a fact than an attack when considering Biden and Pelosi are also Catholic and speak often and openly about their faith. Schumer, who is Jewish, does the same.
Barrett is undergoing her Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week, facing questions from Democrats about her record of anti-abortion views. Republicans spent the first day of the hearings claiming Democrats have an anti-Christian and anti-Catholic bias in opposing Barrett, but Democrats so far haven't made faith a focus of their questioning.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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