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Alaska's Sen. Murkowski says she can't rule out voting for Trump's Supreme Court pick

[Alaska Public Media) If Democrats were counting on Lisa Murkowski to vote against President Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court, they should think again.

Sen. Murkowski said Tuesday she could not rule out that she would vote to confirm a Trump nominee if the Judiciary Committee approves one before the November election.

"I know everybody wants to ask the question, ’will you confirm the nominee?’" she said outside the Capitol, as her Republican colleagues were gathering for their weekly policy lunch. "We don’t have a nominee yet. You and I don’t know who that is. And so I can’t confirm whether or not I can confirm a nominee when I don’t know who the nominee is."

Sen. Mitt Romney took a similar position Tuesday, so it looks nearly impossible for Democrats to block Trump from seating his third Supreme Court justice.

Murkowski told Alaska Public Media last week, just before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, that she wanted to stick to the precedent set in 2016, when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee because it was too close to an election.

"And so I would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee," she said Friday.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-24 08:20|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Apparently her polling in Alaska showed her constituents would be very pissed at her.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-09-24 09:14|| 2020-09-24 09:14|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ That and maybe a little "gentle" nudge from Cocaine Mitch informing her that she will be off all committees and anything she wants for Alaska will be tabled. "Nice Senator job you have there..be a shame if something happened to it."

Posted by Warthog 2020-09-24 09:26|| 2020-09-24 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe Mitch has learned about "The Chicago Way"?

Posted by Bobby 2020-09-24 10:36|| 2020-09-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 "... I can’t confirm whether or not I can confirm a nominee when I haven't confirmed who the nominee to be confirmed is" - says the mentally infirm Senator from Baked Alaska

Posted by Zenobia Unomoger6908 2020-09-24 13:29|| 2020-09-24 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 The Alaskan Snow Blower

Posted by Frank G 2020-09-24 13:58|| 2020-09-24 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm guessing she may have heard from "leadership" about support against her in the next primary season, including a ground game to defeat a write-in attempt.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-24 14:48|| 2020-09-24 14:48|| Front Page Top

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