President Donald Trump said he will name his pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday or Saturday.
During an interview by phone on "Fox and Friends" on Monday morning, the president said his list of potential nominees was down to five names.U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for campaign travel to Minnesota from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, September 18, 2020.During an interview by phone on "Fox and Friends" on Monday morning, the president said his list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court was down to five names.
Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, have said that any new nominee must be named after the election. Two moderate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, said they did not support a vote on a new nominee before voters decide whether Trump will hold office for a second term.On Monday, Trump repeated his call to have the vote before Election Day.Pressed on McConnell's 2016 stonewalling of Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama's nominee to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Trump said "there's a difference.
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