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President Trump has reportedly said he is "saving" Judge Amy Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, according to Axios.
Barrett was a popular choice among conservative activists as a candidate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy before Trump eventually nominated Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Axios reported that Trump has made clear his desire to replace Ginsburg with Barrett since Kennedys decision to retire, telling people on separate occasions, "I'm saving her for Ginsburg."
Trump also opted against nominating Barrett over concerns that her opposition to abortion rights would lead Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) to vote against her, according to the news outlet. Aides were reportedly confident enough Republicans would gain Senate seats in the 2018 midterms that they decided a more conservative nominee would stand a better chance of confirmation after the elections.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436660-trump-says-he-is-saving-barrett-for-ginsburg-seat-axios
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)well guess what dumpt,
we are saving _____________ and_______________ and ______________ and _________ for your seat. Any one of them will do!
malaise
(269,239 posts)that he is nothing but a vile, uncouth piece of shit.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I can not stand that mother fucker and each day that he gets away with what ever his shit of the day is I get more angry
One of my sisters refuses to turn on their TV - she cannot take one more day of this madness
leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)in the evenings because she refuses to have any video of him shown! Other than that and DU, I've gone radio silent. It's a good thing that DU never runs out of these things: Because I use them far too often.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Millions.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)malaise
(269,239 posts)could be billions
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)malaise
(269,239 posts)Have a good life - see yah
Every day I wake up in hopes that the fucker died overnight
malaise
(269,239 posts)Join the line
onecaliberal
(32,950 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Hekate
(90,930 posts)Godsdamn I hate Trump.
Jarqui
(10,131 posts)leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)Totally different woman! Amy Berman Jackson is the Manafort/Stone judge. Excellent person.
Amy Barrett is a right wing/anti-woman whackadoodle.
Hekate
(90,930 posts)I can't keep up.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)be in a position to replace RBG ???
RandySF
(59,539 posts)And while RBG is an amazing woman, the clock is running.
AJT
(5,240 posts)leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)She said she would only retire when she knew that her replacement judge would be as liberal as she is. She knew the Republicans would block that. But now that Mitch has changed the rules, we can put in anyone we want and our beloved RBG can retire in 2021 when we take back the White House AND the Senate!
AJT
(5,240 posts)I suppose at that point we neede 60.
leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)Ted Kennedy was very ill and Al Franken was fighting his election battles against Norm Coleman. So technically, we didn't have 60 voting senators seated at the same time. Sooooo close.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)jcgoldie
(11,656 posts)jcgoldie
(11,656 posts)...then Ruth Bader Ginsburg will outlive Donald Trump.
Takket
(21,658 posts)the MORE right wing candidate for later
THAT is how fucked up things are right now.
bluestarone
(17,101 posts)Will NOT be accepted by MOST people (excluding his base of course)
Golden Raisin
(4,614 posts)Marcuse
(7,542 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,344 posts)Initech
(100,118 posts)And the motherfuckers would get their way if something happened to RBG...
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And is suitably respectful.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,504 posts)What was he promised? What did he get?