'I'm getting very close to having a final decision made,' Pres. Trump says, about announcing a Supreme Court nominee following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“I would say that I’m very close to making it a decision in my own mind and I'm going to reveal it on Saturday,” Trump said.“I'm doing that out of respect for Justice Ginsburg, you're having a service on Thursday, so I didn't really want to do anything to cut into the service.”
President Donald Trump charges up the crowd while speaking of the need to win the upcoming election during a campaign rally at the Toledo Express Airport on Sept. 21, 2020 in Swanton, Ohio. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Sept. 17, 2020, in Washington.
Meadows said that the Republican senators should feel comfortable voting to confirm “Republican nominees” and that it “generally works out well for them.”Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks to members of the press after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon, Sept. 22, 2020, at Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Whether the vote is ultimately before or after the election, Meadows said, “I’m confident that this person will get confirmed.”U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a former law professor at the University of Notre Dame.The president has said he’s deciding from among a group of five women but that, among that group, “I have one or two that I think are -- they’re all outstanding but I have one or two that have in mind.
The president has also offered high praise publicly for Barbara Lagoa, a Cuban-American federal judge from Florida. The president has said he may meet with her when he travels to Florida later this week.
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