USA Today: 4 senators Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley do not support Court Nominations

[Botany]

As near as I can tell this is still just an internet story.

The claim: Four senators — Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley — do not support a Supreme Court nomination vote before January

Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump said he would move “without delay” to nominate a successor.

While four GOP senators would need to join Democrats to stop aconfirmation , a viral Facebook posts claims that has already happened.

“4 republican senators now on board..no vote until January on SC,” reads a Sept. 18 Facebook post that has been shared over 1,000 times. “Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/19/fact-check-partly-false-claim-4-senators-supreme-court-intentions/5841261002/

[Ninga]

1. Moscow Mitch hasn't dug his claws into them yet....

[Mike 03]

5. Yep. I recall that famous lunch between Mitch and Collins, followed by

her absurd press conference where she announced her decision to support Kavanaugh.

Those Mitch lunches are fatal wounds to democracy.

[In It to Win It]

18. Susan Collins is still waiting on her healthcare vote that Mitch promised her

[Le Roi de Pot]

2. I wont believe a word .. I remember the senate suppressed evidence against Donald Trump

[Mike 03]

3. Grassley is the weakest link, but I'm hopeful this story is true.

We'll see.

[grumpyduck]

4. I'll believe it when I see it.

I'd love to be proven wrong, but these people have no honor or guts.

[Tom Traubert]

6. I saw this last night on Facebook

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Specifically that Romney and Grassley had committed. I want able to find any confirmation anywhere in a reliable media source. Grassley earlier indicated that he wasn’t inclined, but hadn’t committed. Has Romney even issued a statement re RBG’s passing? I haven’t seen anything.

[sweetloukillbot]

9. He hasn't and the OP is blatantly deceptive

The linked article claims exactly what you say - it's a fact check refuting the claim in the OP subject line.

[Tom Traubert]

30. Great Avatar!

NT

[Thekaspervote]

10. Romney, yes he despises dotard, unfortunately his Mormonism does not go along with R v W

[jcgoldie]

14. Thats what I fear

For the right wingers this transcends Trump. They will be seen as having had the chance to defeat Roe and failed to act. Murkowski and Collins can get away with that in their states perhaps but I imagine the pressure on Romney will be intense.

[Amishman]

29. in his own way, Romney is as much of a political eccentric as Rand Paul

He's a moderate (by Republican standards) 80% of the time, but that remaining 20% when you hit on something where Mormonism comes into play, he does his own thing.

I see him holding out in exchange for favors or influence on the selection. President Dumbass won't name his pick until Turtle has the support lined up behind closed doors. Romney will want someone anti separation of church and state and big on religious exceptions to anything. Unfortunately one of the often mentioned names (Barrett) would fit this label.

[Mike 03]

7. Senators who sincerely want to stick to their guns should separate themselves

from Mitch McConnell, because he has a way of changing minds.

Firm convictions seem to falter when Mitch corners weak-kneed Republicans.

[Eyeball_Kid]

20. Mitch's power has peaked. He no longer is in his ascendancy.

And his power will inevitably decline whether Trump wins or loses. If Mitch goes forward with the nomination process, he'll spell his own decline. And the GOPer Senators know this as well. They must also see that there is no future with Trump as a second term president. They know he's destroyed so much, some of which the country will never get back. They can try to form their own legacies, or they can drown in defeat with the GOP's majority leader.

It looks like McConnell will win re-election because... Kentucky. But McConnell will be a tortured minority leader when the filibuster ends and all McConnell can do is play around with Senatorial technical procedures. My guess is that, if the Senate flips, McConnell will seriously consider retiring after the election even if he wins another term. He put in his years, and his power will be in decline. There may be no reason for him to continue.

[Walleye]

24. I agree. Mitch will resign rather than be in the lowly minority. He's too used to being the king

[sweetloukillbot]

8. This is a fact check that says the claim is partly false.

Blatantly incorrect subject line.

[bearsfootball516]

11. Headline is incorrect and misleading

The actual story states the opposite of OP’s headline.

[lame54]

32. Headline should read - 4 republican senators raise their prices

[AngryOldDem]

12. Finding it hard to believe with all but Romney.

Murkowski, Collins, and Grassley showed their hands with the impeachment vote. This is nothing more than opportunism. Their rubber stamps are at the ready.

[Sherman A1]

13. They will all fall in line

Give it a little time.

[Wounded Bear]

15. I'll believe it when I see it. I have no trust in any Repub...

[SharonClark]

16. "As near as I can tell this is still just an internet story."

You think?
It was debunked by the article you linked to.
Why post such a blatantly incorrect headline?

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. Regardless of what happens, SCOTUS should be expanded to 15 seats. Nt

[greenjar_01]

19. Yeah, sure

[DFW]

21. Chuckles?

I never saw THAT one coming. I can't imagine what would bring him into play.

Did McTurtle's dog piss on his lawn or something?

[Polybius]

22. Grassley said that two years ago, and he technically didn't lie

Two years he said he would not support a SC nominee in an election year while he's Chairman of the Senate Judicial Committee. He's no longer Chairman, Lindsey Graham is.

[MineralMan]

23. the pressure on them has not started yet. It will.

[hatrack]

25. Liars

Liars, all of them.

[beachbumbob]

26. I 100% do not and will never beleive this until January, these are all

dishonest people void of honor and integrity. Murkowski perhaps the least offensive. Only takes ONE to make a 6-3 conservative court for a generation

[durablend]

27. Barr will make sure they're sufficiently "persuaded"

[redstatebluegirl]

28. They will be pulled back into line, no worries.

[Baclava]

31. All that was from years ago, from a "hypothetical" question standpoint, reality will be different

[LizBeth]

33. I read last night McConnell has the votes. They put this out immediately Friday and it is off what

these people have said in the past, right? Not confirmed.