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On the recordSeptember 18, 2020
I think it mattered to my Republican friend and colleague, Lisa Murkowski, as she has already put out a message that to fill this vacancy now, and not wait until 2021 would be a double standard.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
msnbc.com

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Hirono discusses Lisa Murkowski's statement about filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacancy and the perceived double standard in the timing.

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