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WATCH: Mayor Pete destroys Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in one gay swoop
Former Democratic Presidential candidate and Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg has slammed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, just minutes after the start of her Senate confirmation hearings.While appearing on AM Joy Sunday morning, Buttigieg responded in real-time to Coney Barrett quoting her mentor, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in claiming, in essence, that courts do not have the power to make social change.“A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were,” Coney Barrett said. “Sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like.