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2 GOP Senators Oppose Vote as Trump Prepares to Nominate Female Justice
The Epoch Times ^ | September 20, 2020 | IVAN PENTCHOUKOV

Posted on 09/20/2020 5:35:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Two Republican senators have voiced their opposition to holding a confirmation vote on any nominee to the Supreme Court before Election Day as President Donald Trump and key Republicans signaled they are moving ahead without delay.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) over the weekend said the Senate shouldn’t hold a vote on a nominee until after Nov. 3. Neither indicated if their opposition to a vote would translate into a vote against a nominee, in the likely case that Trump moves forward with the nomination and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) follows through on his vow to swiftly bring a confirmation vote to the floor.

Trump said at a rally on Sept. 19 that he plans to name a woman to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87. The president urged Republicans to move forward with the confirmation without delay, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who will oversee the potential nominee’s committee hearings, signaled that he’s ready to move forward.

“So we win an election and those are the consequences, you know, it’s called ‘fill that seat,’ and that’s what we’re doing,” Trump told a rally crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Sept. 19. “I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be a woman, it will be a woman.”

While Murkowski and Collins have no procedural power to block a vote and haven’t said how they intend to act if a vote comes up, their opposition places them into a small group of Republicans viewed as swing votes in what is building up to be a major confirmation battle. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah),...

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1 posted on 09/20/2020 5:35:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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2 posted on 09/20/2020 5:36:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Elections have consequences. We won, you lost. Get over it." --Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The usual suspects.


3 posted on 09/20/2020 5:36:37 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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Expected with MurCowFace, but Collins might have wanted a help over the finish line in Maine.


4 posted on 09/20/2020 5:36:42 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("Black Lives Matter" becomes "Terse TV Blackmail"..... #AnagramsNeverLie)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They need to do their frickin’ job.


5 posted on 09/20/2020 5:38:18 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dear Trump,

Don’t nominate a female Justice. Women are equivocal and could not stand the backlash if they said, “No”, to the Women’s Moment and abortion. The Constitution is not foremost in their mind - competing with men is foremost in their mind.

Don’t do it, please.


6 posted on 09/20/2020 5:39:30 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Collins is a rino and so is murky.

Their entire careers.

In the past Collins had her cohort Snowe to be best bud libs with.


7 posted on 09/20/2020 5:39:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Romney’s wife is touring with Michelle Obama.

Romney will not Vote to support Trump, I think he’ll ask for the moon, and take the adoration from the Media.

He and his wife HATE Trump.


8 posted on 09/20/2020 5:39:57 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But when 50 support the President’s pick for the next Supreme Court justice, those two RINOs will not matter.

JoMa


9 posted on 09/20/2020 5:42:09 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Romney will vote for the nominee if it is a hispanic or black. Romney may hate Trump but his church comes first. They won’t want him seen to be opposing a POC for SCOTUS.


10 posted on 09/20/2020 5:43:03 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Couple of women haters...


11 posted on 09/20/2020 5:43:21 PM PDT by Paladin2 (need)
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To: Lazamataz

Yep. Collins is already losing. One would think she would at least wait
until new Maine polls came out. It might have showed support for voting
to confirm.


12 posted on 09/20/2020 5:43:34 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: AnthonySoprano
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Michelle Obama wouldn’t let Romney serve her, her Vineyard Lobster, if she hadn’t sold out completely to the Democrats.


13 posted on 09/20/2020 5:43:43 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HA HA

Collins and Murkowski voting against a woman SCOTUS judge, of their own party.

These two losers are truly pathetic.


14 posted on 09/20/2020 5:44:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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From The RINO!

15 posted on 09/20/2020 5:45:50 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Wow, way to paint women with a broad brush.


16 posted on 09/20/2020 5:46:17 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There would have to be two more defections and the possibilities are rapidly running out.

Romney - we don’t know for sure that he would vote to confirm but he consistently has voted for Trump’s judicial appointments. He said he would vote this year for a nominee. I’d be very surprised if he voted against.

Gardner - haven’t heard from him. He’s certain to lose his Senate reelection bid.....therefore he has little to lose. Heidi Heitkamp was in this same position for the Democrats before the Kavanaugh vote and was offered a nice well paid job at a Democrat think tank for being a good soldier for the party. The Republicans need to offer Gardner the same.

Joni Ernst? - I haven’t heard from her specifically but I haven’t seen any indication that she would not vote for a nominee.

McSally, Graham, Tillis, Alexander have all indicated they will vote to confirm. It looks like the Turtle has the votes.


17 posted on 09/20/2020 5:48:27 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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If we deal with reality, 3 RINOs will block.

I believe that means you can’t lose anyone else.


18 posted on 09/20/2020 5:48:44 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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Romney has said he won’t Vote for Trump in this (Presidential) election.

He’s already on record, and his wife is touring with Michelle Obama.

It doesn’t take much to read those Tea Leaves.

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19 posted on 09/20/2020 5:52:40 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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Keep point-They have no authority to stop a vote. Said they prefer there not be a vote. They will vote when asked to vote and likely vote yes for a woman with a stellar legal resume


20 posted on 09/20/2020 5:52:55 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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