Biden calls on Senate to 'take a step back from the brink' and not vote on Barrett

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called on the U. S. Senate to hold off voting on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, after Trump predicted that Barrett could be confirmed well before November's election.

In remarks delivered Sunday morning, Biden claimed that the right thing to do would be to wait to fill the vacant seat on the court until after January's inauguration.

"The Senate has to stand strong for our democracy," Biden said in remarks Sunday afternoon. He went on to say that senators should "take a step back from the brink," and that "this is a time to de-escalate."

Biden went on to claim that "the very soul of our country is at stake" in November's election, as issues such as abortion, immigration and the environment hang in the balance. He said that is why people are going to the polls this year.

"Their voices may not matter to Donald Trump. They may not matter to [Sen.] Mitch McConnell," Biden said. "But there are Senate Republicans out there who know in their hearts that if they shut out the voices of those during a voting period, during an election, they’re closing the door on American democracy thereafter."

President Trump told "Fox & Friends" co-host Pete Hegseth in an interview that aired Sunday morning that he thinks Barrett could be confirmed ahead of the Nov. 3 election, saying there's a "tremendous amount of time." The confirmation process is currently scheduled to kick off Oct. 12.

"I think we could have it done easily before the election," he told Hegseth during an exclusive one-on-one interview following the nomination, which aired Sunday morning, adding that they were "going to try and have it done quickly."

"I think she'll be confirmed [...] relatively long before the election," Trump said.

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