U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrives at a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at Hart Senate Office Building August 4, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Sunday that she will not support President Donald Trump's nomination of a replacement to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day.
The announcement makes Murkowski the second Republican in the Senate, after Susan Collins of Maine, to announce her opposition to filling Ginsburg's seat before Nov. 3. "For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election. Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed," Murkowski said in a statement.
"I did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Justice Scalia," she added. "We are now even closer to the 2020 election – less than two months out – and I believe the same standard must apply."
We all know Romney is next.
Don’t count on it. We have been there before.
congratulations CNBC
Now ask her about lame duck.
In 2016, McConnell declared that the next President should pick the justice. He knew the next President would not be black. But apparently he also knew that the next President would not be Democrat.
They were elected to do a job, if they aren't willing to do it... they should just resign
She's going down to defeat in Alaska. Her people are tired of her.
Unlikely this holds as true
Yayyy
How many are needed in total to squash it?
Right now, in Alaska, we have 1 senator that thinks for their self!
Will it last?! senatemajldr ,voting is already underway. You and your oleaginous clan should stand by what you have said. The people pick the president and the president picks the SC nominee. RememberMerrickGarland We The People are picking the next president, NOW 43 days
Rino
She opposes a vote, but if a vote were held how would she vote?
She met w/Thay too.
That’s not enough to stop it. 🙏🙏
Meaning, if there is a vote, she will abstain?
She should switch to democrat.
2nd Republican joins USA hating unhinged Democrats. Fixed it.
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