Nobody mentions the *reason* she didn’t want to surrender her seat during Obama. It is because she believes her seat is a “Jewish” seat. Obama was quite clear he would nominate someone who wasn’t Jewish.
While this sounds like a ridiculous assertion on the surface, for years the liberals and leftists have wanted to permanently label seats on their court for their various interest groups.
As you might expect, the RINOs in the senate actually wanted to accommodate, in convoluted ways, what the Democrats wanted. For example, by supporting Clarence Thomas to take Thurgood Marshall’s “black seat”; though the Democrats soon realized that Thomas was not one of their “liberal plantation blacks”, but instead, their worst nightmare.
Don’t look for sense or reason from leftists, including RBG.
An easy way to make sense of their desires, is to ask: What gives them more power? What benefits them most personally?
Through those lenses, it usually makes sense.
You have to put aside any concern for the USA or anyone else, then it works.
It is because she believes her seat is a “Jewish” seat. Obama was quite clear he would nominate someone who wasn’t Jewish.