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Twitter: Murkowski will not vote to confirm SCOTUS nomination before inauguration
Alaska Public Media ^ | September 18, 2020 | Liz Ruskin

Posted on 09/18/2020 5:08:22 PM PDT by balch3

Alaska's @lisamurkowski said today she won't confirm a new SCOTUS justice until after the inauguration day. Fair is fair, she says. My colleague @kcgrove will have a story shortly.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ginsburg; lisamurkowski; murkowski; rbg; ruthbaderginsburg; scotus; supremecourt; trump
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To: Nicojones

So what would happen if there is an election dispute and then a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court? Trump and the republicans must nominate and confirm a justice to avoid this. The country demands it. Mitch better whip the senate in line with that argument. We can not face a 4-4 tie on a Michigan or pa election ballot dispute. It will be civil war. Currently, the Republicans are appealing the Michigan and PA decision To allow vote counting to continue after Election Day. The republic deserves a decision on that, not a tie. Republicans need to man up.

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You have posted what might be The biggest reason to nominate & confirm now.

Especially in light of recent PA & MI ballot harvesting attempts


101 posted on 09/18/2020 6:18:06 PM PDT by thinden
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To: balch3

What a surprise! /s


102 posted on 09/18/2020 6:21:23 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: Parley Baer

I figured that we would lose Romney. Now this idiot.
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This is why I have always despised RINOs even more than I do the Democrat scum.


103 posted on 09/18/2020 6:32:43 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: balch3

“Fair is Fair?” In what way does that apply? Is she talking about Garland?


104 posted on 09/18/2020 6:36:08 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: clintonh8r

What does she mean, “Fair is fair”? This is not analogous to Garland.
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In light of the enormous stakes involved, the very fact that she has such an asinine viewpoint confirms beyond any doubt that she is a freaking, untrustworthy moron. Such people are despicable.


105 posted on 09/18/2020 6:45:52 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: Deo volente

Collins and Murkowski are diehard abortion advocates.

Romney wants to stab Trump in the back but knows that sabotaging a Supreme Court appointment would cost him his political future.

Graham will support Trump’s nominee.


106 posted on 09/18/2020 6:50:30 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: Deo volente

RBG is dead, and a nomination is dead until 2021.
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The confirmation perhaps, but not the nomination.


107 posted on 09/18/2020 6:50:40 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: Deo volente

RBG is dead, and a nomination is dead until 2021.
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The confirmation perhaps, but not the nomination.


108 posted on 09/18/2020 6:52:03 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: HighSierra5

She’s got that yeast infection expression.
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LMAO! Did you just make that up? Never heard it before!


109 posted on 09/18/2020 6:58:25 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: fortheDeclaration
Not sure on Romney. Not sure on Collins either. In states where illegal ballot harvesting occurs it can and will affect candidates down ballot. It could cost the GOP the Senate and House. They need to fill this vacancy because a four-four SCOTUS could result in grid lock and setting the table for massive civil disobedience and violence.
110 posted on 09/18/2020 7:04:19 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angles will sing for me)
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To: Yossarian

The election then becomes a referendum on both Trump, and an impeccable Supreme Court Justice, vs. the lunatic Left.
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That is cogent thinking! I wonder if nomination of a woman would have a similar affect. There is at least one woman on his short list, but is there a Hispanic person on his list?


111 posted on 09/18/2020 7:05:17 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

If the President nominates someone he will force a vote.


112 posted on 09/18/2020 7:05:29 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angles will sing for me)
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To: norcal joe

As someone said on another thread, even if a new one isn’t confirmed until next year, at least there will be one less liberal judge on the court
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Depends on who wins the Presidency and the Senate, doesn’t it?


113 posted on 09/18/2020 7:08:13 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: Williams; flaglady47
You made the most important point on this entire thread! ! !

Leni

114 posted on 09/18/2020 7:12:15 PM PDT by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: Williams; MinuteGal

“Not filling that seat will result in a huge liberal turnout.”

bingo, on the other hand, not filling that seat will result in a huge CONSERVATIVE turnout also. A duel to the death.


115 posted on 09/18/2020 7:22:25 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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To: dfwgator

The only people that like her are democrats, and old senile people that vote by name recognition. Trust me.


116 posted on 09/18/2020 7:30:47 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Deo volente; MinuteGal

“Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Linda Graham, and one or two others.”

Lindsey Graham will NOT hinder the nomination of a conservative judge. He is up for election and is already under suspicion of not being fully a Trumper based on his affiliation for years with John McCain, Trump’s nemesis. He won’t want to lose his Senate seat.

Plus Lindsey cottons up to strong male figures. He has transferred this propensity of his from John McCain to Donald Trump. Trump also gives Lindsey closer entree to the inner circle of power, where he likes to be. Lindsey is a media seeker, and always will be. He doesn’t like obscurity, and rubbing up against (not literally) Trump’s star quality allows Lindsey to bask in Trump’s glow, so to speak. He did the same with McCain. Bottom line Lindsey will stay within the fold.


117 posted on 09/18/2020 7:31:53 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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To: balch3

This b*tch needs to go in 2022.

Alaska can do much better.


118 posted on 09/18/2020 7:38:20 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: balch3

Once Mitt has “The Talk” with her, she will toe the line.


119 posted on 09/18/2020 7:38:45 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: Deo volente

President Trump will move forward. I’ll side with him either way he chooses.


120 posted on 09/18/2020 8:07:49 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Remember Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.)
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