Biden to GOP senators: Don't jam through Ginsburg nominee

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By LAURIE KELLMAN and LISA MASCARO

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and urged more senators to stand with a pair of GOP colleagues who oppose the election-season rush.

The extraordinary televised plea from the Democratic presidential candidate to Republican senators reflected the ferocious maneuvering that has followed Ginsburg’s death at 87 on Friday. Her passing upended a campaign that had, until then, focused on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s economic collapse and racial unrest that has stoked protests in U.S. cities.

Trump has said he intends within days to name a woman to succeed the liberal icon, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was moving toward the first hearings this week.

Just hours before Biden spoke, a second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in opposing efforts to fill Ginsburg’s seat before the next president is elected.



Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)


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[sandensea]

1. "Let's consider that for a second..."

"Ok. That was a second."

[groundloop]

2. No matter what, NEVER TRUST A REPUBLICAN.

Yes, Murkowski and Collins have said "don't vote on a nominee BEFORE THE ELECTION" - they're giving themselves an out for jamming through the nominee during the lame duck session.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Biden is showing remarkable poise

He's not afraid to go there, to say what needs to be said. Maybe it comes with experience, age, legitimacy, or the depravity of the other side, but it's really impressive.

[torius]

4. I wonder how long

Counting of mail-in ballots can go on. Hopefully a couple months!

[Efilroft Sul]

5. "Uphold your constitutional duty, your conscience," said Biden.

Joe's admonishing the same group of people who did neither during the impeachment trial.