‘Summon Your Conscience’: Biden Implores GOP Senators To Wait On SCOTUS Nomination



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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Sunday about President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

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The Democratic nominee also emphasized the proximity of Barrett’s nomination to an upcoming case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Affordable Care Act.

Barrett could cast a pivotal vote in that decision, as she has previously criticized Chief Justice John Roberts for his reasoning in upholding the health care law.

«The Republican Party has been trying to eliminate [the ACA] for a decade. Twice already, the Supreme Court has upheld that law. And the Congress, expressing the popular will of the American people, has rejected President Trump’s efforts as well,» Biden said. «It should come as no surprise that on Saturday, President Trump would nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett and on Sunday lay out clearly what is objective is: to terminate Obamacare.»

Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, would be replaced with a «cheaper alternative if it is terminated in the Supreme Court.»

Obamacare will be replaced with a MUCH better, and FAR cheaper, alternative if it is terminated in the Supreme Court. Would be a big WIN for the USA!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2020

This isn’t the first time Biden has asked Republican lawmakers to respect the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that she «not be replaced until a new president is installed.»

Speaking in Philadelphia two days after Ginsburg’s death, Biden called on a «handful» of Republicans to «follow your conscience.»

On Sunday, Biden told reporters he hasn’t reached out directly to any Senate Republicans, saying he didn’t want to put them in a compromising position.

«I concluded that that would put them in a position if they were to vote the right way that they’d be compromised because I called them. I have great respect for a number of my former Republican colleagues and I’m hoping they will do the right thing.»



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