Joe Biden urges lawmakers to wait until after November's election to tackle a Supreme Court vacancy left open by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Former US Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden makes a statement during an event in Wilmington, Delaware/ September 24, 2019
Biden, speaking Sunday in Philadelphia, accused Trump of exercising "raw political power" by attempting to "ram" through his court choice amidst a bitterly fought election campaign. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said no vote should take place before the election, and Susan Collins of Maine asserted that the choice should be left to whoever is elected in November.
Pelosi seemed intent on keeping the virus issue front and center, returning to that theme repeatedly during her ABC interview, just as Biden emphasised it in his speech.Democrats are decrying what they say is the hypocrisy of Republicans -- particularly Senate leader Mitch McConnell -- who in 2016 blocked Barack Obama's attempt, much earlier in that election year, to fill another Supreme Court vacancy.
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