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2020-09-19 -Land of the Free
‘It is CRITICAL' – Ted Cruz explains why Trump MUST nominate and Senate MUST confirm RBG successor BEFORE election
Senator Ted Cruz appeared on Hannity tonight and made the DEFINITIVE case for why Trump should nominate a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg right away, why the Senate should take up the debate right away, and why the nominee should be confirmed BEFORE election day.

And even why Democrats should agree.

To summarize, Cruz pointed out the devastating impact on American society should there be a 4-4 court during what will certainly be a contested election.

"I believe that the president should next week, nominate a successor to the court. And I think it is critical that the Senate takes up and confirms that successor before election day," said Cruz. "There’s going to be enormous pressure from the media, there’s going to be enormous pressure from Democrats to delay filling this vacancy, but this election, this nomination is why Donald Trump was elected."

Watch, and the relevant portions of the appearance are transcribed below.




More from Cruz on the show.

"I believe that the president should next week, nominate a successor to the court. And I think it is critical that the Senate takes up and confirms that successor before election day. There’s going to be enormous pressure from the media, there’s going to be enormous pressure from Democrats to delay filling this vacancy, but this election, this nomination is why Donald Trump was elected. This confirmation is why the voters voted for a Republican majority in the Senate.

"And I’ll tell you one reason in particular, Sean, why I think it is tremendously important that not only does the nomination happen next week but that the confirmation before election day. Because Democrats and Joe Biden have made clear, they intend to challenge this election, they intend to fight the legitimacy of the election — as you know, Hillary Clinton has told Joe Biden ’under no circumstances should you concede. You should challenge this election’ — and we cannot have election day come and go with a 4-4 court.

"A 4-4 court, equally divided cannot decide anything. And I think we risk a constitutional crisis if we do not have a nine justice supreme court particularly when there’s such a risk of a contested litigation and a contested election.

"Twenty years ago, I was part of the legal team that litigated Bush v Gore and went to the Supreme Court. 37 days the country did not know who the president was going to be, and if we had a 4-4 court it could have dragged on for weeks and months.

"So I think we have a responsibility. A responsibility to do our job. The president should nominate a principled constitutionalist with a proven record, and the senate is going to take a lot of work to get it done before election day but I think we should do our job and protect the country from the constitutional crisis that could result otherwise."

As Hannity said when Cruz was finished making his case, it was "very well-argued as usual."

He’s right. Anything else is just messing with the fate of our nation.
Posted by 746 2020-09-19 00:12|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Dems will not agree.
Posted by gorb 2020-09-19 06:23||   2020-09-19 06:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Dems are all about dirty tricks. It's l o n g past time for Pubs to return the favor.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-19 07:41||   2020-09-19 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Flashback: Biden promised to release a list of Black women he could nominate to SCOTUS
Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-19 07:43||   2020-09-19 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Donks should go along. If Trump is still in the WH come January and the seat is open, Sen. Cruz could be the next occupant. Do it before the election and it probably would not be him. (Though Thomas may give him the opportunity anyways after the election)
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-19 08:46||   2020-09-19 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Dems will do anything to sow discord and uncertainty come election time.

Also I have a hard time believing the tale that Ginsburg told her grand daughter that it was her wish that her replacement would be selected after the next President is installed

Well, that is not in the cards in this constitutional republic. That is up to procedures not to individual wishes.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-09-19 09:04||   2020-09-19 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, that is not in the cards in this constitutional republic. That is up to procedures not to individual wishes.

Would that it were so. See: Li'l Marco Rubio telling Ron Johnson (his senior both in years on the planet and in the Senate) "No, you can't see those papers..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-19 09:11||   2020-09-19 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 How about Sidney Powell? - replace one woman with another...heheheheh
Posted by Mercutio 2020-09-19 09:18||   2020-09-19 09:18|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ I like that line of thinking. Of course, Powell would be expected to recuse herself from any FISA cases, so that could be a problem...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-19 09:23||   2020-09-19 09:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Cruz now or Ben Shapiro after the election.
Posted by gorb 2020-09-19 13:12||   2020-09-19 13:12|| Front Page Top

#10 I believe Senator Cruz announced he prefers to remain in the Senate.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-09-19 14:51||   2020-09-19 14:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Cruz is a much better lawyer than he is a senator. He'd be a towering presence on the Court. In the Senate, he's ineffective, disliked, always vulnerable to being chucked out. Barely defeated the Micksican avid skateboarder.

Put Cruz on SCOTUS
Posted by Clyde Hupating3827 2020-09-19 15:30||   2020-09-19 15:30|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Hard to disagree with any of that...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-19 16:03||   2020-09-19 16:03|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd like a Latina so that the left will bad mouth her and send the Hispanic vote to the GOP.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-09-19 16:36||   2020-09-19 16:36|| Front Page Top

#14 "after the next President is installed" could easily be read as the President after Trump.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-09-19 16:37||   2020-09-19 16:37|| Front Page Top

#15 A SCT seat is not property that you leave to yours heirs. Sorry, Ruth.
Posted by Speng Snaviting6874 2020-09-19 18:54||   2020-09-19 18:54|| Front Page Top










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