President Trump said his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be a woman.
Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One that he has had a shortlist of nominees for a while, and the choice of a woman would “certainly be appropriate.”
When asked if there should be a vote on a nominee before or after the election, he said “before would be good.”
Trump said the current situation was a different circumstance than the seat vacated in February 2016 by late Justice Antonin Scalia. “That’s called the consequences of losing an election,” the president said.
President Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the seat, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in 2016 used his caucus’ numbers to hold the seat open until after the election.
Of Sen. Susan Collins’ statement that the nominee should be voted on after the election, Trump said, “I totally disagree.” “We have an obligation, we won,” he said. “We're here now. Right now we're here and we have an obligation to the voters.”
Ginsburg, 87, died Friday from complications surrounding metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
Earlier on Saturday Trump said Republicans should fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg "without delay."
“@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning.
“We have this obligation, without delay!” he added.... (Read more)
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