tector wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:22 am
I know the SoCons want Barrett, and I think all other things being equal she is Trump's first choice. But all other things are far from equal.
Trump is in a desperate re-election race. Lagoa is from Florida, a state Trump almost certainly must have. More importantly, the optics of the Democrats having to take clubs and axes to a first generation American Latina success story will serve Trump well elsewhere.
Barrett was a controversial choice for the Court of Appeals, approved only 55-43, along almost exclusively partisan lines. Lagoa, on the other hand, was approved 80-15 just last November, and something like 2 dozen (or more) Dems will have some 'splaining to do. They can "Karen" Barrett all day long, but good luck avoiding another "high tech lynching, no, rape this time" if they come after Lagoa like that.
She is the smart pick.The SoCons will still show up for Trump Nov. 3, no matter what.