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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUSA Today: 4 senators Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley do not support Court Nominations
As near as I can tell this is still just an internet story.
The claim: Four senators Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley do not support a Supreme Court nomination vote before January
Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump said he would move without delay to nominate a successor.
While four GOP senators would need to join Democrats to stop aconfirmation , a viral Facebook posts claims that has already happened.
4 republican senators now on board..no vote until January on SC, reads a Sept. 18 Facebook post that has been shared over 1,000 times. Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/19/fact-check-partly-false-claim-4-senators-supreme-court-intentions/5841261002/
Ninga
(8,266 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)her absurd press conference where she announced her decision to support Kavanaugh.
Those Mitch lunches are fatal wounds to democracy.
In It to Win It
(8,143 posts)Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)We'll see.
grumpyduck
(6,198 posts)I'd love to be proven wrong, but these people have no honor or guts.
Tom Traubert
(117 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2020, 12:33 PM - Edit history (2)
Specifically that Romney and Grassley had committed. I want able to find any confirmation anywhere in a reliable media source. Grassley earlier indicated that he wasnt inclined, but hadnt committed. Has Romney even issued a statement re RBGs passing? I havent seen anything.
sweetloukillbot
(10,809 posts)The linked article claims exactly what you say - it's a fact check refuting the claim in the OP subject line.
Tom Traubert
(117 posts)NT
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)jcgoldie
(11,584 posts)For the right wingers this transcends Trump. They will be seen as having had the chance to defeat Roe and failed to act. Murkowski and Collins can get away with that in their states perhaps but I imagine the pressure on Romney will be intense.
Amishman
(5,541 posts)He's a moderate (by Republican standards) 80% of the time, but that remaining 20% when you hit on something where Mormonism comes into play, he does his own thing.
I see him holding out in exchange for favors or influence on the selection. President Dumbass won't name his pick until Turtle has the support lined up behind closed doors. Romney will want someone anti separation of church and state and big on religious exceptions to anything. Unfortunately one of the often mentioned names (Barrett) would fit this label.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)from Mitch McConnell, because he has a way of changing minds.
Firm convictions seem to falter when Mitch corners weak-kneed Republicans.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)And his power will inevitably decline whether Trump wins or loses. If Mitch goes forward with the nomination process, he'll spell his own decline. And the GOPer Senators know this as well. They must also see that there is no future with Trump as a second term president. They know he's destroyed so much, some of which the country will never get back. They can try to form their own legacies, or they can drown in defeat with the GOP's majority leader.
It looks like McConnell will win re-election because... Kentucky. But McConnell will be a tortured minority leader when the filibuster ends and all McConnell can do is play around with Senatorial technical procedures. My guess is that, if the Senate flips, McConnell will seriously consider retiring after the election even if he wins another term. He put in his years, and his power will be in decline. There may be no reason for him to continue.
Walleye
(30,723 posts)sweetloukillbot
(10,809 posts)Blatantly incorrect subject line.
bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)The actual story states the opposite of OPs headline.
lame54
(35,138 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Murkowski, Collins, and Grassley showed their hands with the impeachment vote. This is nothing more than opportunism. Their rubber stamps are at the ready.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Give it a little time.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)SharonClark
(10,005 posts)You think?
It was debunked by the article you linked to.
Why post such a blatantly incorrect headline?
Fiendish Thingy
(15,369 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)DFW
(54,055 posts)I never saw THAT one coming. I can't imagine what would bring him into play.
Did McTurtle's dog piss on his lawn or something?
Polybius
(15,238 posts)Two years he said he would not support a SC nominee in an election year while he's Chairman of the Senate Judicial Committee. He's no longer Chairman, Lindsey Graham is.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)hatrack
(59,442 posts)Liars, all of them.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)dishonest people void of honor and integrity. Murkowski perhaps the least offensive. Only takes ONE to make a 6-3 conservative court for a generation
durablend
(7,416 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)LizBeth
(9,946 posts)these people have said in the past, right? Not confirmed.