Unlike in 2016, surveys this year have shown that Democrats are more energized by the Supreme Court than Republican voters — and that Joe Biden is more trusted than President Trump to pick justices.
“For reasons I have never understood, Republicans for years have taken judicial nominations much more seriously than Democrats,” said Jim Manley, a lobbyist and former spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. “We have utterly failed as a party to take the threat posed by the Republican take over the judiciary seriously.
"The Supreme Court was a very central issue in both the 2016 presidential election and then the 2018 midterm elections," Trump said."I am holding up your Second Amendment." Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. came out for Trump's nominee before one was named and sought to mobilize conservative voters around the Court.
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