Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish was not to be 'replaced' until there's a new president

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wished 'that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,' report says

, which first broke the news of Ginsburg's passing, reported that the liberal associate justice dictated her wish to her granddaughter Clara Spera.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement Friday night that Trump's next nomineesaid last year that he would seek to confirm another justice to the bench if the opportunity arose, even in an election yearThat statement of intent immediately drew accusations of hypocrisy. In 2016, after the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, McConnell had blocked then-President Barack Obama from filling that vacancy.

After Ginsburg's death was announced, Senate Minority Leader Chuck SChumer, D-N.Y., tweeted those exact words.

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