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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaybe John McCain will walk into the scotus vote with a BIG 👎🏼
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mcar
(42,372 posts)If he's able, he'd vote to confirm. These are conservative picks. Any R president would nominate them.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)and yeah, though I have my doubts he'd vote against any RW selection, it is nice to entertain that one last statement to Trump from a man who has been very badly treated.
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,944 posts)kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)His daughter Meghan is married to the son of one of Twitler White House administrators. He does not want to jeopardize his daughters standing in the cult.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They have nothing to lose.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)whopis01
(3,523 posts)Just one would put it at a 50/50 tie, and Pence would get the tiebreaker.
Of course this all assumes that no Democrat votes for Trump's nominee.
Joe Donnelly (Indiana), Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota), and Joe Manchin (West Virginia) all voted for Gorsuch.
If they vote with Trump again, we need that many more votes.