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  • 2020-10-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Trump Say He Nominated Amy Coney Barrett Because of Her Looks? (en)
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  • In October 2020, as the U.S. Senate began confirmation hearings for U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court opening created after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, social media users began circulating a bit of text purportedly reproducing Trump's explanation to reporters about why he had chosen Barrett: The gist of this supposed Trumpian word salad was, It's important that the Supreme Court have a good image, so I nominated Amy Coney Barrett because she's a good-looking woman: However, we found no source outside of this meme itself that reported or documented Trump's having said any such thing. Neither these words nor anything like them appeared in any news stories, in any transcripts of Trump's speeches or press events, or in his Twitter feed (including since-deleted tweets). When Trump announced Barrett as his nominee on September 26, 2020, he referenced her academic credentials, legal experience, and qualifications, but he said nothing about her physical appearance or the need for the court to project a good image: (en)
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