On 10/13/2020, in Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tied issues like abortion and health care to large donations to conservative judicial groups and statements from Republicans about court selections. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke after Whitehouse and addressed his claims, pointing to dark money from liberal organizations such as Demand Justice, which spent $5 million in opposition to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's nomination and has "launched a seven-figure ad buy" opposing Barrett.
"All of the great umbrage about 'the corporate interests are spending dark money' is widely in conflict with the actual facts of the corporate interests that are spending dark money are funding the Democrats by a factor of 3-1 or greater," Cruz said. "A fact that doesn’t ever seem to be acknowledged."
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas sought to flip them back on the opposing party, arguing that liberals, too, had sought to influence court selection.
“Our Democratic colleagues, when they address the issue of dark money and campaign-finance contributions, are often deeply hypocritical,” Mr. Cruz said. Cruz also talked about the Ten Commandments and the Second Amendment.
