All the GOP needs is 50 votes, as VP Mike Pence would be number 51
Graham claims Senate GOP has votes to confirm new SCOTUS justice before Election Day
Senate Republicans have enough votes to confirm a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the Nov. 3 election, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told “Hannity” Monday.
“It’s pretty obvious that if they [Democrats] want an outcome, they’ll just destroy anybody’s life to keep the seats open,” Graham told host Sean Hannity.
“They said they tried to destroy Brett Kavanaugh so they could fill the seat — they were dumb enough to say that,” Graham added. “I’ve seen this movie before. It’s not going to work, it didn’t work with Kavanaugh.
“We’ve got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg’s replacement before the election. We’re going to move forward in the committee, we’re going to report the nomination out of the committee to the floor of the United States Senate so we can vote before the election. Now, that’s the constitutional process.”
I wonder if this means that they won’t bother with hearings, which allow Democrats to simply demonize candidates, and move right to a vote? Most anyone Trump nominates will have already gone through a Senate hearing to be installed as a federal judge to start with. But, it might be worth it to go through a few days of confirmation hearings, especially if Trump does nominate a woman. How bad will Democrats make themselves looking badgering and attempting to destroy a woman?
Voting for a Trump nominee will fire up the Republican base to get them out to vote en masse. There is no downside. The people who are against doing this won’t vote for Trump nor GOP Reps and Senators in the first place.
And here’s Handsy Joe
(Breitbart) Joe Biden told a Milwaukee television station on Monday that voters do not deserve to know whom he would appoint to the Supreme Court.
After acknowledging he has a list of potential nominees, Joe Biden told TMJ 4 he simply is not going to share it.
He admitted the first selection was based on race and gender: a black woman. But beyond that, he would not provide additional details.
“Should voters know?†the reporter asked. “Should voters know who you’re going to appoint?â€
“No, they don’t, but they will if I’m elected. They’ll have plenty of time,†Biden answered.
He claimed he would not share the names because it, among other things, would give critics too much time to scrutinize them.
A week ago it wasn’t that big of a deal that Joe wouldn’t release names. Today? It’s rather important to know whom he would pick. But, you silly peasants do not deserve to know. King Joe may deign to tell you after the election.
President @realDonaldTrump: Joe Biden is refusing to show his list of potential Supreme Court nominees because he wants Far-Left radicals on the court pic.twitter.com/gzfIDqhXvv
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 22, 2020
Well, yeah.
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