Posted on 09/20/2020 3:17:03 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released a statement on the Supreme Court nomination on Sunday.
Alexander, who is known for being a RINO, actually stood with President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and said he will vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee.
“No one should be surprised that a Republican Senate majority would vote on a Republican President’s Supreme Court nomination, even during a presidential election year,” Senator Alexander said.
He added, “The Constitution gives senators the power to do it. The voters who elected them expect it. Going back to George Washington, the Senate has confirmed many nominees to the Supreme Court during a presidential election year. It has refused to confirm several when the President and Senate majority were of different parties.”
Sen. Alexander blasted the Democrats: “Senator McConnell is only doing what Democrat leaders have said they would do if the shoe were on the other foot.”
“I have voted to confirm Justices Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh based up their intelligence, character and temperament. I will apply the same standard when I consider President Trump’s nomination to replace Justice Ginsburg,” Alexander said.
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I would imagine that McC had much more influence on him than the President.
Good (and I believe accurate) post.
I would like to see confirmation on Nov. 2!
Maybe you ought to be talking to your other RINO friends in the Senate. Knock some heads together.
Romney approves of voting, so he's almost certainly going to vote NO. If it all depends on him he will absolutely vote NO. He voted for impeachment!
This reinforces my contention that a RINO is preferable to any democrat. Even senator Manchin will vote down Trump’s SOCTUS nominee.
I think we only lose Collins and Murkowski.
Even Willard will come through for us with Manchin possibly crossing over as well.
Don’t count on Manchin.
He nailed it with that statement. We don't have to care what Biden or Pelosi think.
He was one I wondered about. Good news.
I like he did this. I’m impressed with Lamar. He also removes some of the impact and momentum of MurkCowFace’s announcement.
Murkowski and Collins said that they would NOT VOTE, they didn’t say they would vote NO. If that is correct, the current tally is 51-47.
Did Alexander vote for Kagan?
I think so did Eisenhower .
What’s grASSley saying?
Back in July he said he wouldn’t hold a hearing on SCOTUS vacancy before the election :-(
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3866143/posts
We will have 50. Mitch was pretty quick to announce they are moving ahead.
Bring it.
Fortunately, he is not the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee anymore.
Yes.
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