Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the first to become a pop culture icon.Trump’s push, which is backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , sets the stage for a political clash that seems likely to dominate both Capitol Hill and the presidential campaign for the six weeks until election day.
In a move that made him a hero of conservative Republicans and laid the groundwork for Trump to leave a big mark on the court, McConnell in 2016, Obama’s pick to replace the conservative Scalia, eight months before the election. McConnell’s efforts were ultimately successful in blocking the nomination, which never came to a vote.
Collins’ statement opposing a pre-election vote was a significant defection from one of the Senate’s few remaining centrist Republicans. She is facing the toughest reelection of her career this year in large part because her cross-party appeal eroded after she backed Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. But she runs a risk of alienating the Trump-backing Republicans she needs to win in Maine by saying the court vacancy should be filled by whomever wins the Nov. 3 election.Sen.
Other Republicans in tough reelection fights — Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Martha McSally of Arizona, Joni Ernst of Iowa and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia — have already rallied to Trump’s call for a vote on his nominee.
Donald is going to attempt to Bully his choice through,he’s got a problem, it’s called due process.
The sooner we have a new judge, the better. And all riots should be put down as sedition, complete with federal charges for all the violent players.
Fuck him. Sorry he isn’t anything or anyone special
Awesome
Senate can wait till presidential election
Trump still doesn’t know how things work, TrumpFailedAmerica TrumpLiedPeopleDied
Trump Lied and Americans died. Even faithful republican covid 19 task force members are coming out and telling of Trumps lies and deceit to the American public. wake up America and Stop the Trump carnage. Biden 2020.
Fill her seat quick.
Awesome news.
How are the Dems and their national media to make the case that U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a rapist?
GOP will own it if they chose to support a nomination before the election. There will be hell to pay.
President Trump should nominate someone as early as next week. We don’t owe the corrupt democrats anything. Full speed ahead
He's trying to bully the GOP Senate bc they let him. It's facilitated by MoscowMitchTraitor They should have removed him, or told him to STFU and pay attention or else they will. They can if they want.
Vote Trump out along with his Republican enablers.
Vote Trump out without delay 2020!
Weird, what happened to “Delay, delay, delay!”?
Yes! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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