Trump says he will move ‘without delay’ to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat

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  1. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    We know that Senate Majority Leader McConnell will hold a vote on a replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and now we know that Trump will submit a nominee and he will do it within the next two weeks. Personally, I'd be surprised if he doesn't make the announcement this upcoming week - according to a reporter from Axios Trump stated his intention to replace RGB with 48 year old Amy Coney Barrett if given the opportunity.

    Trump says he will move ‘without delay’ to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...d4b9de-fa84-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

    White House wants to announce Trump's Supreme Court pick before first debate, source says
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-vacant-seat-fill/index.html

    What will happen?

    My guess:

    If McConnell can get 47 votes they'll get this done before Election Day, and VP Mike Pence may wind up casting the vote that puts Judge Barrett on the Supreme Court.
     
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump's tweet:

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    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If you watched Fox News last night, you saw how they honored and respected the life of RBG. Now watch the left issue death threats to whoever Trump nominates.
     
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    Maybe Trump should show some goodwill and nominate a moderate. Like Obama did with Garland.
     
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    Not a chance.

    It will probably be Barrett.
     
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump should show Democrats and the Left the same goodwill they have shown him the past four years.
     
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Just saw a mini-presser with Trump before he flew off to North Carolina and he said the nomination will come this upcoming week and it most likely will be a woman.
     
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They're already doing that to McConnell.
     
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    This will be interesting. I thought that Trump would use this as a tool to get the vote out. "Vote for me if you want another conservative justice". To rush a nomination through kind of implies they are not confident of a victory and want the nomination before Biden gets in.
     
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    I made this point in another thread. Their predicament is that they have to keep both the WH and the Senate. They may keep one, but the chances keeping both are less. That's why they'll ram through the nomination.
     
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    A long as they keep the presidency there is no way even a democratic senate could delay the confirmation vote for 4 years.
     
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    The couldn't delay the vote, but they could vote to not confirm. If Trump would nominate an extremist, that's exactly what would happen.
     
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    That's great news, a great opportunity... but I'm thinking of three Republicans who could squander it. Romney has me wondering the most.
     
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    Murkowski and Collins have already stated that it is too close to the election. Maybe nomination of a moderate could sway their opinion.
     
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    That would be true but there are plenty of good conservative justices that would be pretty hard to continually block without looking unreasonable.
     
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    Maybe, but I don't think any of us want another Roberts.
     
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    That's why I'm thinking Pence will cast the deciding vote.
     
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    Oh good. I was worried he might put the American people at risk by using it as an election platform. I mean him losing the election is bad for the American people but if we lose both that would be worse.
     
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    I see it differently.

    Trump made a commitment to put conservative judges on the SCOTUS and this will be part of delivering on that commitment. That's a positive, not a negative.

    Regardless of which side of the aisle you're on, people despise politicians who make promises they don't keep.
     
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    What is an 'extremist' Justice? That sounds like an oxymoron.
     
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    Trump in Fayetteville tonight - the pick's coming this week and it's going to be a woman.
     
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    He just said it will be a woman.
     
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    Excellent job President Trump!
     
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    So True

    It will come out that anonymous sources found she raped dozens of males in college, is a former KKK member, and has 2 scoops of ice cream with each desert.

    TWO WHOLE SCOOPS!
     

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