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Joe Biden just cut a deal with Mitch McConnell to appoint a far-right anti-abortion extremist to a lifetime position as a federal judge. Democratic leaders and abortion rights groups are furious. And they're right to be.

Just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, news leaked that Biden promised to give McConnell his far right judge, Chad Meredith, in exchange for McConnell agreeing to not block some of Biden's future appointments.1

It's a terrible deal: an extremist would get a lifetime seat on the federal bench, in exchange for vague promises that can't be trusted. As outrage builds over this bad deal, it's time to tell the Senate to reject it.

Sign the petition: Tell the Senate to reject Biden's bad deal with McConnell and don't put far-right extremists on the federal bench!

The leading voices criticizing this deal are Democrats in Kentucky who have to live with its consequences.

Governor Andy Beshear and Representative John Yarmuth both called the deal "indefensible."2 Yarmuth said he wrote "the strongest text message I have ever written to anybody" to the White House when he learned about it.3

"I understand how brutally manipulative Mitch is," Yarmuth said to a reporter, "but at some point you have to stand up to him. You have to just confront him and say, 'no, we're not gonna appoint your people. We're not gonna let Mitch McConnell appoint judges and other federal officials in a Democratic administration.'"4

The other voices speaking out against this deal are abortion rights groups, appalled that Biden would even consider this deal especially after the Supreme Court's attack on abortion rights.

NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and six other reproductive rights and justice organizations put out a joint statement called the deal "unacceptable."5

Now is the time for Senate Democrats to make it clear this deal is dead. We need them to commit to ensuring Chad Meredith never becomes a federal judge -- and to tell Biden to make no more deals with McConnell.

Add your name: Tell the Senate to reject Biden's bad deal with McConnell and don't put far-right extremists on the federal bench!

Thanks for taking action,

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

Sources: 
1. Slate, "The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On," July 1, 2022.
2. USA Today, "'Deal with the devil.' Secret Biden-McConnell deal on anti-abortion GOP judge enrages Democrats," July 1, 2022.
3. Slate, "The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On," July 1, 2022.
4. Ibid.
5. Jezebel, "Reproductive Rights Groups: Biden's Planned Nomination of Anti-Abortion Judge Is 'Unacceptable'," July 6, 2022.

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