Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed on Friday night that Republicans will move to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
“Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise,” McConnell said.
“President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate,” McConnell added.
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#BREAKING: McConnell says Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg will get Senate vote https://t.co/BUkuKoFGl7 pic.twitter.com/o9RJehEMW8
— The Hill (@thehill) September 19, 2020
You knew this was coming. https://t.co/1a23A8b9GX
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 19, 2020
Another ghoul heard from https://t.co/S8gg7wmMrI
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 19, 2020
I sincerely don’t get why folks think Gardner, or McSally or Graham or anyone other than Collins would not immediately call for voting on Trumps nominee? You think these people want to completely lose all their conservative support right before the election?
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 19, 2020
Prepare to hear much concern voiced about the risks of an 8-justice Supreme Court existing during the 2020 presidential election that was not voiced during the 8-justice Supreme Court that existed during the 2016 presidential election. https://t.co/KJbq8L0dok
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 19, 2020
Gotta avoid that tie, that's the key pic.twitter.com/QPmJwoEWnR
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 19, 2020
In a better time in this country, not so long ago, we would have taken a decent interval to honor a great American like Justice Ginsburg. To discuss the political implications of her passing would have been thought unseemly. I wish we were still there.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) September 19, 2020
Surprised this needs much explanation. Trump doesn't care about holding the senate or SCOTUS if it comes at the expense of winning. McConnell cares more about holding the senate than the White House & sees judicial appointments as his legacy. Different strategies flow from this. https://t.co/ArYpyYWzv9
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 19, 2020
JUST IN: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee:
“Under no circumstances should the Senate consider a replacement for Justice Ginsburg until after the presidential inauguration.”https://t.co/AM1NFfwJtI pic.twitter.com/zPSaqpeoJ3
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 19, 2020
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