Hawley specifically cited comments made by Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., about Barrett's faith during her nomination hearing for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. He added: "As you will recall, Sen. Feinstein, the most senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, told Judge Barrett in her previous hearings that 'the dogma lives loudly within you,' a clear and condescending disparagement of Judge Barrett’s Catholicism." Dick Durbin of Illinois and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who also made Barrett's religion a focal point of the hearings. The Missouri Republican called such attacks "disgusting" and said they amount to "religious bigotry," which "has no place in the United States Senate." Barrett, 48, is a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School and is married with seven children.

Source: Fox News September 27, 2020 19:41 UTC