An elected Republican does not want to choose a judge before the presidential election

Lisa Murkowski, Republican Senator -

The death of US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks a major upheaval for the country's presidential campaign, and the first turmoil is already being felt.

A second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski, said on Sunday that she would not vote to appoint a judge to the Supreme Court of the United States before the presidential election on November 3.

“For weeks, I have been saying that I will not support the appointment of a Supreme Court judge so close to the election.

Sadly, what was only hypothetical has become reality "with the death of magistrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday," but my position has not changed, "said the elected moderate from Alaska in a statement.

President Donald Trump intends to name a successor to the magistrate as soon as possible and his choice will have to be ratified by the Senate, where the Republicans have a narrow majority of 53 elected out of 100. Besides Lisa Murkowski, another moderate Republican senator Susan Collins said she was opposed to a vote before the poll.

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