Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Friday night that the winner of the Nov…

Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenCast of ‘Parks and Rec’ reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin votersBiden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response Biden tells CNN town hall that he has benefited from white privilege MORE said Friday night that the winner of the Nov. 3 election should get to pick who succeeds the late Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader GinsburgDemocrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights rulingTrump’s Supreme Court list reveals influence of Clarence ThomasPresident Nancy Pelosi? Don’t underestimate what she might do in officeMORE on the Supreme Court.
Let me be clear, that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the Justice for the Senate to consider, Biden said.
Biden noted that in 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalledMcConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by ‘downplaying progress’ on election securityWarren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debtMORE (R-Ky.) and then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleySenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Senators offer disaster tax relief billTrump spikes political football with return of Big Ten seasonMORE (R-Iowa) blocked Merrick GarlandMerrick Brian GarlandTop GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picksBiden agenda hinges on Senate majorityThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by the Air Line Pilots Association – Biden VP possible next week; Meadows says relief talks ‘miles apart’MORE, President Obamas nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, from getting a hearing ahead of the 2016 election. Scalia died in mid-February 2016.
This was the position the Republican Senate took in 2016 when there were almost 10 months to go before the election, Biden said. Thats the position the U.S. Senate must take today. The election is only 46 days off. I think the fastest Justice ever confirmed was 47 days and the average is closer to 70 days that is my hope and expectation of what should happen.
Ginsburg died Friday night just weeks before the 2020 election.
Republicans expect President TrumpDonald John TrumpHR McMaster says president’s policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is ‘unwise’Cast of ‘Parks and Rec’ reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin votersBiden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE to nominate a replacement in the coming days. McConnell has said the nominee will get a vote on the floor of the Senate.
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