AL-SEN: Jones: 'I will not support the confirmation' of Supreme Court pick ahead of Election Day
Washington (CNN)Sen. Doug Jones, a vulnerable Democratic senator up for reelection in the red state of Alabama, announced Friday he "will not support" President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee -- who has yet to be named -- ahead of Election Day.
"I will not support the confirmation of any Supreme Court justice nominee, regardless of who it might be. I will not support that nominee before the outcome of the November 3 election has been determined," said Jones during a Facebook livestream.
"We should not force the country into a brutal and divisive partisan fight to confirm a Supreme Court justice ... while Americans are already voting to choose their next president," Jones added.
Jones criticized Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for what he described as rushing a nomination to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg, who died a week ago, calling the nomination process a "blatant political power grab." McConnell announced hours after Ginsburg's death that he'll hold a vote on Trump's nominee on the Senate floor, and several high-profile Republicans -- including Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina -- have committed to holding a Senate vote before Election Day, November 3.
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