Trump promises to nominate a woman for Ginsburg seat, soon
Some GOP senators want pick by new Prez
Washington, Sept. 20: President Donald Trump is promising to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican- controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay.
Taking the stage Saturday night at a North Carolina rally to chants of “Fill that seat,” the President said he would nominate his selection despite Democrats’ objections. And, after conducting what he joked was a “very scientific poll” of the Fayetteville crowd as to whether supporters wanted a man or a woman, he declared the choice would be “a very talented, very brilliant woman.” He added that he did not yet know whom he would choose.
“We win an election and those are the consequences,” said the President, who then seemed to signal that he’d be willing to accept a vote on his nominee during
the lame- duck period after the election. “We have a lot of time. We have plenty of time. We’re talking about January 20th.” But one Republican senator had already broken ranks. Maine’s Susan Collins, who is in a tough reelection battle, said earlier Saturday that she believed replacing Ginsburg should be the decision of the President who is elected Nov. 3. Three more defections from the GOP ranks would be needed to stop Trump’s nominee from
joining the court. At stake is a seat held by a justice who was a champion of women’s rights and spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Ky. vowed to call a vote for Trump’s nominee, but Democrats countered that Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a Supreme Court choice.