Daily Mail: Mitt Romney hands victory to Trump by backing his pre-election SCOTUS vote - as President says he'll announce his nominee to replace RBG at the White House on Saturday
* President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday at the White House
* Trump has enough Republican support to get his pick confirmed this year
* Senator Mitt Romney - the last remaining Republican holdout - said he would back the president and vote for a Supreme Court nominee in an election year
* South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham expressed confidence in Trump's chances of rushing through a Supreme Court pick in an interview Monday
* It came after Iowa Sen Chuck Grassley and Colorado Sen Cory Gardner confirmed that they will back a hearing for Trump's nominee
* Trump has said he is 'strongly considering' four or five women to take over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat following her death last week
* Amy Coney Barrett is said to be the frontrunner after she met with the president at the White House on Monday
* Sources say Barbara Lagoa is a 'distant second' but Trump plans to meet with her
President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday at the White House after securing enough Republican votes in the Senate to confirm his pick this year.
'I will be announcing my Supreme Court Nominee on Saturday, at the White House! Exact time TBA,' Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning.
His announcement came as Senator Mitt Romney - the last remaining Republican holdout - said he would back the president and vote for a nominee in an election year.
'I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the president's nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,' Romney said in a statement.
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WNU Editor: There is going to be a three day Senate hearing on this nomination. Unless something new happens, this nomination will be approved before election day .... Graham says GOP-controlled Senate has enough votes to confirm SCOTUS nominee (NYPost).
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3 comments:
Well Romney just climbed a notch or two upward in my book.
Romney sounded very good. It is a good thing. Her has been MIA for 8 years before this.
I smell a rat. I don't believe Romney would do anything for Republicans, his party, unless he knows for sure Democrats have no chance of winning.. only then would he do such a thing.. or to stab Trump in the back at the very last minute somehow. But I guess with tons of Republican leaning supreme court judges, he knows where this is heading, the rat he is, and just plays it safely
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