Biden: let voter decide who nominates new judge | Abroad

“If I win, then Trump’s nominee will have to retire and I will propose my candidate to the Senate. I will consult extensively about that candidate with specialists from both parties, ”Biden said during a televised address.

“This country has been in ruins since Trump took charge,” Biden also said. “The last thing we can have with it is a constitutional crisis, because of some raw power politics by this president. Despite all the contradictions, we as a country must come together and not be driven further apart. I’m sure that would be in the spirit of Ruth Ginsburg. ”

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Biden especially tried to show that he wants to unite the country. “I will be president to all Americans.”

Two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, also think the newly elected president should nominate a candidate. Republicans have a majority of 53 to 47 seats in the Senate. That chamber of Congress decides on the appointments of judges to the Supreme Court.

‘Majority wants successor after elections’

Nearly two in three Americans believe that the nomination should only be made after the election and by the winner. This would appear from a national Reuters / Ipsos poll of 1,000 Americans conducted shortly after Chief Justice Ginsburg’s death.

President Donald Trump said this weekend that he wants to propose a candidate to the Senate quickly. That idea is supported by only 23 percent of Americans. 62 percent believe that the nomination should only be made by the winner of the ballot box after the election.

Thirty percent of those polled say Ginsburg’s death makes her more likely to vote for the Democrats. A quarter of the people are considering voting for Republicans due to the death of the judge.

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