GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski confirms she opposes a vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee before the election
Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to members of the press as she arrives at a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at Hart Senate Office Building August 4, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Sunday confirmed that she opposed an effort to vote on a new nominee to the Supreme Court until after the November 3 election.
"For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election," Murkowski said in a statement Sunday. "Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed." "For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election," Murkowski said Sunday. "Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed."
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