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Miles Archer

(24,318 posts) Thu Jun 28, 2018, 04:26 PM Jun 2018

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) on SCOTUS: "I would never tell anybody how to vote but..."

GOP leaders are already advising Trump to draft a justice who is restrained in rhetoric and that the president try to appeal to moderates. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said a nominee who stated to senators that he or she would “work hard to overrule these precedents … that’s going to cause a lot of problems” for centrist senators.

A buttoned-up justice with somewhat opaque views on hot-button issues might be more palatable to Murkowski and Collins, Cornyn suggested.

Though the duo rejected the GOP’s effort to nix Obamacare, they also voted for Gorsuch. And most Republicans anticipate they will ultimately get behind Trump’s next pick.

“I expect the Republicans to back the nominee, whoever it is,” said Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, a close Trump ally. “I would never tell anybody how to vote but this is one where the president’s demonstrated he will put forward a very reasonable candidate.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/28/susan-collins-lisa-murkowski-supreme-court-682316

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Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) on SCOTUS: "I would never tell anybody how to vote but..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2018 OP

to him 'reasonable' is someone who will undo the most. spanone Jun 2018 #1

A reasonable candidate, a semi Nazi? A friendly Fascist? Ah, the choices are many. justhanginon Jun 2018 #2

spanone

(142,054 posts)

1. to him 'reasonable' is someone who will undo the most.

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Thu Jun 28, 2018, 04:31 PM

Jun 2018

justhanginon

(3,384 posts)

2. A reasonable candidate, a semi Nazi? A friendly Fascist? Ah, the choices are many.

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Thu Jun 28, 2018, 04:37 PM

Jun 2018

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