‘A Gift From God’: Trey Gowdy Says Republicans Will Use Court-Packing Bill To ‘Bludgeon Democrat Candidates in 2022’

Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said Thursday that the Democrats’ new court-packing bill was “a gift from God” to Republicans.

Gowdy joined Fox News anchor Bret Baier on “Special Report” to discuss the bill, unveiled earlier in the day by Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, among others.

Baier began by noting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already signaled that she would not support the bill — which would immediately expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices — saying instead that she supported President Joe Biden’s plan to have a commission study the issue.

“Bret, this is a gift from God,” Gowdy said of the bill. “That is the only way to describe it. It has no chanc... (Read more)

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