President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump loudly booed outside the Court as they tried to pay their respects on Thursday morning to the late Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump and the first lady, appearing on the porch of the Supreme Court, laid in the state of Ginsburg, wore black masks, and solemnly lowered their heads, with their eyes closed as the crowd gathered and chanted, “Get him moving! ” and “ Honor her wish! ”The two immediately turned to leave after the yelling began, returning into the Supreme Court building and heading back to the presidential motorcade.
JUST IN: Pres. Trump arrives at the Supreme Court to pay respects to judicial icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as onlookers shout “Vote him out!” https://t.co/24QeUyEDzK pic.twitter.com/DqJAKbqY5B
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 24, 2020
The war to replace Ginsburg is already a hot partisan issue, with many democrats demanding that Republicans Trump and the Senate honor the “most fervent wish” for Ginsburg’s replacement only after the opening.
Earlier this week, after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tried to sneak in an amendment about the supposed dying wish that Trump had speculated had actually been written by the representatives of the democracy to be used as an emotionalized political bludgeon also a symbolic resolution proposed by Republicans to commemorate the last justice. The changed resolution was blocked by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
While the Democrats furiously objected, Trump said that he intends on Saturday, after funeral ceremonies for Ginsburg, to nominate a new nominee of the Supreme Court. He has agreed to call a woman, and many speculate he plans to select the conservative Roman Catholic, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
President Donald Trump told a crowds supporters of a camp rally to fill the vacancy left by Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died after a cancer battle on Friday, on the Fayetteville campaign, in North Carolina.
Chants of “Vote him out!” and “Honor her wish!” outside the Supreme Court as the president arrives pic.twitter.com/lys9EqBuNs
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) September 24, 2020
“It’s a very talented and very clever woman,” Trump said, and in response to his remark, he got the crowd cheering. “We’ve got a lot of women on the list. I’ve built an awesome list of gorgeous people.
He later tweeted to cheer: “Later, I will propose a candidate next week. It is his video with some of his views on the North Carolina rally’s vacancy. He praised the late Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as an inspiration for the Americans in another place during the rally, and pointed out that his relation to the late Judge Antonin Scalia is a “strong recall that we disagree on fundamental issues while dealing with decency, dignity, and respect.”
He also called on Biden to release a similar list of people who, if elected in November, will be named by the Democratic candidate for the vacancy at the highest court in the country. He added more than 12 names to his list of Supreme Court names earlier this week.