Kam pays tribute to ‘titan’ RBG

Kamala Harris stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to pay tribute to “titan” Ruth Bader Ginsburg — and show she’s ready to fight for the iconic liberal justice’s legacy.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate joined throngs of mourners outside the court building in Washington as she quickly moved to shape the looming, titanic partisan battle over replacing Ginsburg.

“The stakes of this election couldn’t be higher,” Harris tweeted after offering prayers for Ginsburg and her grieving family. “Millions of Americans are counting on us to win and protect the Supreme Court— for their health, for their families, and for their rights.”

With early voting underway in five states and Election Day just over six weeks away, Democrats and Republicans were largely unified late Friday in praising Ginsburg as a leading legal thinker and advocate for women’s rights.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed within minutes of Ginsburg’s death that he would move to approve a replacement picked by President Trump, even though he refused to allow a vote for President Barack Obama’s pick of Merrick Garland in 2016.

Republicans hold a 53-to-47 edge in the Senate, and Vice President Mike Pence could cast a tie-breaking vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. But several GOP senators have expressed various degrees of uneasiness with the idea of jamming a replacement through so close to a presidential election.

“We cannot let them win this fight,” said Harris in a statement to supporters Saturday. “Millions of Americans are counting on us to stand up, right now, and fight like hell to protect the Supreme Court — not just for today, but for generations to come.“

“The work of holding Senate Republicans accountable to the standard they set in 2016 starts now. To [Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden] and me, it is clear: The voters should pick a president, and that president should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg.”