'Preserving the institution of the Senate should be paramount to any political gain,' Flake tweeted.
"The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president," the GOP senator said.
But with the passing of Ginsburg on Friday, McConnell had precisely the opposite perspective."President Trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate," he said in a statement. The president has also said that he plans to put forward a nominee soon. With Republicans controlling the Senate with a 53 to 47 majority, at least four would need to vote against the nominee to prevent their confirmation..
Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, a republican, speaks at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government during a program titled 'Strengthening Democratic Institutions' at Harvard University on March 1, 2019 in Cambridge, Massachusettsin August, notably raised concerns about Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
Although Flake pushed for the FBI probe, which moved forward, he ended up voting in favor of Kavanaugh along with nearly all of his Republican colleagues. Kavanaugh's confirmation passed with a vote of 49 to 48, with one Democrat joining Republicans in supporting the nomination and GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voting"present."
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