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Joe Biden: “Let me be clear: that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2020
Let me be clear: that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider. This was the position of the Republican Senate took in 2016 when there were almost 10 months to go before the election. That's the position the United States Senate must take today and the election is only 46 days off.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden emphasizes that the voters should decide the next president who will then nominate a Supreme Court justice, referencing the Republican stance in 2016.

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