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Explaining Barrett’s Attempts to Gaslight
In her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Amy Coney Barrett repeatedly gave vague answers and deflected when asked a series of questions about past precedent, her views and approach to the law, and her record on health care issues, including abortion. Her answers were an attempt to gaslight – but a closer analysis demonstrates that Barrett’s non-answers make crystal clear just how dangerous her views are.


