Grassley said he was a "no" on August 3 - link

[Alhena]

There will be no vote before the inauguration:

On Monday, Republican senator Lisa Murkowski said that filling a Supreme Court vacancy before 2021 would be “a double standard,” and she “would not support it.” Her GOP colleague Chuck Grassley, meanwhile, told NBC News that he also felt filling a vacancy would violate the party’s 2016 standard and that he “couldn’t move forward with it,” were he still the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/supreme-court-ruth-bader-ginsburg-mcconnell-murkowski-grassley.html

[Thekaspervote]

1. Okay...so, murkowski, certainly Romney and now grassley. Maybe Warner from NC?

[Alhena]

6. I think Collins is a sure no - her only chance to maybe keep her seat

[spooky3]

8. Do you mean Warner from VA? He is a Democrat. nt

[JI7]

10. Romney is not certain. I know he is more likely than most

but we need to be sure before we put him as a sure no.

[Blue_true]

24. Tillis from North Carolina.

Warner is a Democrat from Virginia.

My guess is Collins comes out against a vote in a last ditch effort to save her ass in Maine. My guess is Gardner of Colorado will balk also, as will the republican from Arizona.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I hope you're right

[Thomas Hurt]

3. The Pig will be demanding a vote on his nominee by the end of the month...

this is part of the deal with the christofascist theocrats.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Mitch will be going after them ASAP.

[The Genealogist]

5. I'll beleive it when I see it

Mitch will twist their arms.

[Iliyah]

17. Agreed . .

Ya think they will show some respect for RBG. We shall see.

[The Genealogist]

26. She's among the very greatest to sit on the Suprme Court

She was a national treasure. To think of the awful thing that rotten orange swamp monster will nominate...just disgusting and heartbreaking.

[Sherman A1]

25. Precisely

They will all cave.

[TwilightZone]

7. Hmm, perhaps there's hope after all.

I'll believe it when I see it, of course.

[demtenjeep]

9. talk is cheap

that was a hypothetical


now it is real.


will they say that now?


they are all salivating

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[mindfulNJ]

11. This was said before RBG died

Grassley and Murkowski will be under some massive pressure to go along. My bet is they will buckle.

[Agschmid]

12. It's a win/win for them.

Not filling it will add to the people voting for Trump.

[honest.abe]

13. How many Rs do we need to block?

[Elwood P Dowd]

21. Four. (nt)

[mvd]

14. Feeling a little better now

Not near feeling good, however.

[Girard442]

15. Article is from early August.

They might change their tune now that it's no longer a hypothetical.

[JI7]

16. This article is from August 3 . Please put the date in your OP

[Alhena]

28. Done

[TruckFump]

19. Oh gawd...pls protect our nation from Trump.

Pls let don’t let Trump fill RBG’s place on the court.

[moondust]

20. Mobster in Chief

probably calling his thugs already.

[SharonClark]

22. Grassley thinks it would violate the GOP's 2016

Rule but that doesn’t mean he would vote against a nominee.

[In It to Win It]

23. Lie! ... from Grassley

[spooky3]

27. Both of them spoke hypothetically - NOT after Justice Ginsburg's death. We can't count on them. nt

[stillcool]

29. and the check is in the mail...

the bottom paragraph...

So the next time you find yourself worrying about the health of Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Stephen Breyer, just remember that their deaths wouldn’t necessarily herald the end of Roe v. Wade — they might just herald the end of the United States!

[Squinch]

30. Yeah, sure. I totally trust them.