Murkowski & Romney: No SJC Confirmation Until After Inauguration Day

[Submariner]

After Ruth Bader Ginsberg's passing, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they won't confirm a Supreme Court Justice until after Inauguration Day.

In anticipation of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's passing, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney put out statements earlier today, that they won't confirm a Supreme Court Justice until after Inauguration Day.

On Twitter, Bryan Tyler Cohen reports:

Mitt Romney's office reports that Mitt Romney has committed to not confirming a Supreme Court nominee until after Inauguration Day 2021. #Mittrevenge #utpol

Today's death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg represents a devastating loss for Americans who saw the 87-year-old as an icon of women's rights and civil rights. According to The Atlantic: RGB

As a bulwark protecting abortion rights and a wide range of other progressive ideals on a conservative Supreme Court. The Brooklyn-born jurist became one of the nation's foremost advocates against gender discrimination as a lawyer for the ACLU, decades before President Bill Clinton appointed her to be the second woman to sit on the high court.

Remember this: RGB fought until the last day of her life. We owe it to her to put up a fight and not let McConnell get away with another SC Justice under Trump.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/09/murkowski-romney-no-supreme-court-justice

[Thekaspervote]

1. Susan Collins has said the same. Maybe she found some courage..or just more pearl clutching

[msongs]

2. collins said no vote BEFORE election day...NOT no vote til inauguration nt

[leftieNanner]

7. Precisely

She is trying to play it both ways!

[kozar]

10. Ollins said whoever is elected on Nov 3

should get the choice.

Link to her statement

Link to tweet

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[JI7]

4. It's about the election coming up

[demmiblue]

6. She never said she wouldn't confirm. n/t

[rockfordfile]

8. I could careless. Vote Collins out.

[JI7]

3. Is this confirmed ? Yesterday people were posting things from before she died and the Romney

thing was not confirmed by him.

[JHB]

5. The report about Romney was disputed by his communications director

Unless he's since offered an actual statement, the "commitment" is still just a rumor from a former Utah state senator.

Link to tweet

[andym]

9. Murkowski, Grassley before and now Collins

have pledged to not confirm until after the election. Romney would be the key vote-- and there is contradictory information from his people.
Graham has already changed his mind apparently and will vote.

[Salviati]

11. The tweet about murkowski is no longer availble

And the one about romney seems to be the one that was disavowed last night.

[Talitha]

12. Will they wait for all the votes to be counted, though?

I'm guessing Dump will immediately claim victory and they'll go ahead and vote before we have a confirmed winner. Repugs are not to be trusted.