Now, with the election less than six weeks away, and a possible change of administration just four months away, McConnell has changed his tune. Garland was nominated about 10 months prior to the end of Obama’s term. At that time, McConnell said he didn’t believe the Senate should confirm a justice in the lead-up to an election. McConnell’s position is a reversal from 2016 when in an unprecedented move he refused to allow a confirmation vote for Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace the late conservative justice Antonin Scalia. Replacing Ginsburg with a Trump pick would give conservatives a solid six-to-three majority in the nation’s highest court. Within hours of Ginsburg’s passing, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated he planned to hold a vote to confirm Trump’s nominee, once announced. President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Moon Township, Pa. Talking to Trump’s supporters at the event provided a snapshot into the concerns animating the president’s base in Pennsylvania, a key swing state where polls show Trump’s Democratic Party rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, ahead by an average of just 3.8 points, which is within the margin of error.
“I think it’s excellent and I think they should move lightning fast,” Cindy said of Trump and the Republican Senate majority’s plans to push forward with the confirmation. Cindy and Suzanne Schollaert, a pair of sisters from Pittsburgh, stood near the back of the crowd waving signs distributed by the Trump campaign that said, “FILL THE SEAT.” On stage, Trump vowed that, on Saturday, he would name a conservative justice following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal stalwart. Many of the people in the packed crowd who gathered to see President Trump’s rally at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday night were excited for the looming Supreme Court fight, while also expressing fears about recent protests over racial inequality that have swept the country.
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