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Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death, and the future of the nations highest court, quickly moved front and center in an election year marked by a pandemic, protests against racial injustice, and impeachment. The imminent confirmation battle over the Supreme Court vacancy is already reshaping the presidential race, with President Donald Trump encouraging the Senate Republicans shameless attempt to replace Ginsburg. At a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Saturday, Trump said he would put forth a nominee to fill the vacant seat next week and that the candidate would be a woman, Politico reported. He cited Article II of the Constitutiona section Trump has previously claimed gives him the right to do whatever I wantas the grounds for doing so. So Article 2 of our Constitution says the president shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court, he said. I don't think it can be any more clear ... I don't think so. I don't think so, remarks that prompted chants from the crowd to Fill that seat! Trump responded to their rally cry with a promise. Thats what were going to do. Were going to fill the seat, he said, drawing cheers.
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Trump rambled through many topics during his rally speechincluding, reliably, attacks on Democratic nominee Joe Bidens mental acuity and false claims about mail-in voting fraudbut continued to refer back to the Supreme Court issue. Were very close to a great deal with TikTok, TikTokbut nobody cares about that anymore, Trump said. All they care about is fill that seat, right? The president took a dig at Maine Senator Susan Collins, who said earlier Saturday that the Senate should wait to vote on a nominee until after the election. "We have some senatorsyou know, oh forget it," he said. I won't say it. Susan. I won't say it. Susan.
Trumps comments capitalizing on the court vacancy indicate that the issue will be a central part of his campaign messaging in the final weeks of the 2020 race, with early voting already under way and election day just 44 days away. Allies of the president told Politico that they hoped he would shift his focus from the coronavirus outbreak to the Supreme Court to invigorate Republicans by showing them whats at stake in the election. The vacancy is also serving as a money-raising tactic for the presidents campaign, which on Saturday texted supporters with a solicitation that read: Pres. Trump will fill the Supreme Court vacancy with a conservative justice. 800%-MATCH live to Make America Great Again! Claim your match NOW.
Democrats, too, appear to be galvanized by the upcoming court battle, pouring record sums into Democratic Senate campaigns and causes in the wake of Ginsburgs death and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells vow shortly after to replace her. According to the New York Times, party donors gave about $80 million online in the first 24 hours following her death, and millions more continue to come in. The Democratic digital fundraising platform ActBlue said donors set a new one-day record on Saturday, raising $70.6 million, per Politico, and topped $100 million by Sunday morning. Among the groups reporting big numbers is Crooked Medias Get Mitch or Die Trying fund, which raised over $12 million between Friday night and Saturday afternoon via ActBlue; by Sunday afternoon, donations were approaching the groups $20 million goal. Before this weekends fundraising surge, the group, which has been raising money to elect Senate Democrats and oust McConnell for over a year, had raised $3.5 million.
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SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)So Article 2 of our Constitution says the president shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court, he said. I don't think it can be any more clear ... I don't think so."
Barack Obama didn't think so either, Donny. Moscow Mitch McConnell had a different idea though, and the rest - as they say - is history.