It’s not an absolute certainty either way, but I think nominating her is a lot riskier than a guy with similar originalist credentials. I think Trump did this mainly for political advantage which I don’t think he needed.
Er, no. If he’d nominated a male, it would have been Kavanaugh Part 2: Electric Boogaloo Circus. No matter who the male would have been. No way would that appointee have been up for final vote before the election, let alone today.