Progressive group targets Senate Democrats for backing Trump's judicial nominees
King voted to confirm a Missouri judge who had worked on cases challenging abortion rights, then called his vote a mistake.

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The report attributes the advocacy group’s claims and includes responses or explanations from all three senators. It provides useful political context, though it gives limited detail about the ads and the individual judicial nominees.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives space to Demand Justice’s arguments and to explanations from each targeted senator. The group’s campaign supplies the central framing, while the report offers limited detail about the nominees themselves.
- Counterarguments presented — Fetterman and Hassan defend their records, and King says his vote was a mistake.
- Source diversity — The report includes the advocacy group, all three targeted senators and AP’s review of nominees’ abortion-related records.
- Omitted context — It provides little detail about the individual nominees or the content and reach of the ads.
The article reports the group’s criticism and the senators’ explanations in attributed language, without adopting either side’s position.
- Language tone — The narration is largely descriptive and attributes evaluative claims to speakers.
- Source selection — The article includes the advocacy group’s position and explanations from the targeted senators.
- Framing — The campaign and the votes behind it are presented as a political dispute rather than a verdict.
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Demand Justice began a weeklong ad campaign targeting John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan and Angus King for votes confirming some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees. The group says it wants Senate Democrats to take a stronger stand against Trump and may expand its campaign.
Demand Justice promised to spend more than $1 million on a campaign targeting Fetterman, Hassan and King, who are not up for reelection next year. The group’s president, Josh Orton, called the effort an opening salvo and said it could expand to other lawmakers. He argued that Democrats should not provide bipartisan support to judicial nominees who would not answer questions about the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the Capitol. The article also notes that some nominees have expressed or been associated with anti-abortion views.
The article places the campaign amid party disagreement over how to respond to Trump and notes that Fetterman, Hassan and King joined Republicans to end a government shutdown. Fetterman defended his voting record, while Hassan said she voted to reopen the government because constituents were suffering and a better deal was unlikely. King said his vote to confirm a Missouri federal judge who had worked on cases challenging abortion rights was “a mistake.”
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 50% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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Pennsylvania senator targeted by Demand Justice over his votes
Fetterman's version of this story ↗New Hampshire senator targeted by Demand Justice over her votes
Hassan's version of this story ↗President whose judicial nominees are at issue
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3 OUTLETSDemand Justice launched an ad campaign targeting Angus King and other senators over votes backing some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees. Left-leaning outlets emphasize the campaign’s scale and relay Demand Justice’s claims that the judges are partisan loyalists. Center outlets describe the group’s call for senators to take a stronger stand against Trump and include targeted senators’ explanations, including King’s statement that his Missouri judge vote was a mistake.
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