Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is confident that Republicans will be able to push through with the confirmation of a nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the fast-approaching November elections.
“We got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg’s replacement before the election,” Graham told Fox News’ Sean Hannity, “We are going to move forward in the committee. We’re going to report the nomination out of the committee to the floor of the United States Senate so we can vote before the election. That’s the constitutional process.”
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— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) September 22, 2020
Graham has been met with widespread criticism for his a flip-flopping on the issue, particularly when it was called into light that in 2016 he specifically said that a SCOTUS nominee should not be installed during the last year of a president’s term, and called on the public to use his own words against him. Now, when it comes down to it, Graham has now been branded as a “two-faced coward” and a”hypocrite.”
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 21: Protestors gather outside the residence of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on September 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Graham announced that he would support a vote on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, after stating in 2016 that there should be no vote on a Supreme Court nominee during a Presidential election year. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
It seems, however, as if the senator’s words might hold some truth this time. Republicans currently have a narrow majority in the Senate and so far, two key GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), have bluntly stated that they oppose taking up the nomination ahead of the election.
At least two other Republicans would have had to break from the party to prevent the vote (given that any tie would result in Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote), but this morning Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced that he would support moving forward to fill the open seat, making it all but certain that Trump would have enough votes to have his nomination pushed through.
“The Constitution gives the president the power to nominate and the Senate the authority to provide advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees,” Romney said in a statement on Tuesday morning
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