'I want you to use my words against me.'
“There is a clear choice on the future of the Supreme Court between the well-qualified and conservative jurist President Trump will nominate and I will support, and the liberal activist Joe Biden will nominate and [
] Cal Cunningham will support, who will legislate radical, left-wing policies from the bench," Tillis claimed.High-profile Senate Republicans outside of the Judiciary Committee have also made clear that how they feel has changed. Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who was, once said the last year of a presidential term is no time for Supreme Court nominees regardless of party. He feels differently now.
"I don't think we should be moving forward with a nominee in the last year of this president's term,” Rubio said in 2016,“In 2016, President Obama exercised his Constitutional duty and nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, and the Senate exercised its Constitutional obligation and decided not to consent,” Rubioin a statement September 21 about Ginsburg’s replacement. “Now, President Trump should exercise his duty to name a nominee.
"Unlike President Obama in 2016, President Trump is on the ballot and can be rewarded or held accountable for his choice in November,” Rubio concluded in his statement.
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