NEW: Joe Biden says the Senate shouldn't take up the Supreme Court vacancy opened by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death until after the election.
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to reporters about the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg upon arrival at New Castle County Airport in Delaware.Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to reporters about the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg upon arrival at New Castle County Airport in Delaware.
The Democratic presidential helpful kept in lockstep with his colleagues now in the Senate minority, who wasted little time after the announcement of Ginsburg's death in stating their belief that Washington must wait.Biden reflected Friday about his own long career in the Senate:"It's hard to believe it was my honor to preside over her confirmation hearing," he said.
Democrats want to mirror back the political position taken in 2016 by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who responded to that year's vacancy on the high court by declaring thatHistory records that Donald Trump was elected and sent McConnell his nominee in place of the one chosen by President Obama. The Senate then confirmed Neil Gorsuch, the first of Trump's choices.
McConnell said on Friday that he considers the situation this year different from the one in 2016 and that the Senate would consider Trump's third nominee comparatively soon. It isn't clear whether that might take place before Election Day or Inauguration Day, but the stage in Washington is set for an incendiary political war.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas — whom Trump had mused about potentially being a nominee himself to the Supreme Court —
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