Biden on Ginsburg’s passing: “The nation lost a heroine, an icon it also lost a mother, a grandmother and a matriarch.” Biden says he spoke to her daughter & granddaughter last night to offer condolencespic.twitter.com/e77ep5Ds4i
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“You can’t unring the bell,” he says. Of Senate Republicans, he adds, “having made this their standard when it served their interests they cannot just four years later change course when it doesn’t serve their ends.”
Biden says he’s not speaking to Trump or McConnell, but rather Senate republicans out there “who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the Constitution”
Biden: “To jam this vote through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. President trump has already made it clear this is about power.”
Biden acknowledges if Trump wins, his pick should get a vote, “If I win this election president trump’s nominee should be withdrawn and as the new president I should be the one to nominate Justice Ginsburg’s successor”
Biden: Biden to Senate Republicans who will decide the vote: “We need to deescalate, not escalate...please follow your conscience....don’t go there. Uphold your constitutional duty...let the people speak. Cool the flames that have engulfed our country.”
Biden says Trump & Republicans are calling on him to release a list of potential nominees because “it’s a game for them. It’s a play to gin up emotions and anger.”
Biden explains why he won’t release a list 1. “Could influence that persons decision making as a judge” 2. “Anyone putting a list like that... would be subject to unrelenting personal attacks...she would endure those attacks for months on end without being able to defend herself”
More on why Biden won’t release a list of nominees: 3. “I’ll make the choice for SC not based on a partisan election campaign, but...after consulting with Democrats and Republicans in the United States senate”
Biden: “If we go down this path, I predict it will cause irreversible damage. The infection this President has unleashed on our democracy can be fatal.”
Can we get a fact check on that assertion ??
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