With their majority increasingly in peril and Joe Biden demonstrating a durable lead over President Donald Trump, GOP senators are trying to make 2020 a sequel to their surprising win four years ago
Senate Republicans are set to reprise their 2016 election strategy: Make it all about the courts.
“A Supreme Court debate right before an election is good for us,” said Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham , who is facing a surprisingly strong challenge from Democrat Jaime Harrison. “It’s a right-of-center nation, certainly in South Carolina it is. It’s an event that will matter in these races.”
Sen. Tom Cotton urged his colleagues not to buy Democrats’ threats of retaliation if the GOP confirms a new nominee, according to a source familiar with his remarks, and Republicans viewed a video of Democrats saying the court needs nine justices during the Garland fight. “Democrats sometimes have a hard time remembering that health care is the number one issue for voters, and it’s what won the House majority in 2018,” Murphy said. “This guarantees that the 2020 election is going to be all about health care and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act given that that’s the decision that will be most affected by a new justice on the Supreme Court.”
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