Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Pick on Saturday
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We ran the numbers: There are 4029 news articles covering this topic. 25% (1004) are left leaning, 55% (2225) are center, and 20% (800) are right leaning.
On Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he planned by Saturday to reveal his pick to succeed liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While left-leaning articles highlight that the momentum for Trump’s Supreme Court choice appeared to grow behind Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, right-leaning articles highlight that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that Democrats will “try every conceivable dirty trick” to prevent a President Trump nominee from being confirmed.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the momentum for Trump’s Supreme Court choice appeared to grow behind Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, who is a favorite of religious conservatives. Barett has powerful backers in the White House, including counsel Pat Cipollone and Vice President Pence.
Reuters published a centrist article reporting that Trump said he was zeroing in on one or two candidates among five who are under consideration. Democrats accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of hypocrisy for being eager to bring a Trump nominee to a confirmation vote, even though he refused to consider Democratic President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the court in 2016.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that Democrats will “try every conceivable dirty trick” to prevent a President Trump nominee from being confirmed to the Supreme Court before this year’s presidential election. The fight to replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court is likely to be one of the nastiest political skirmishes in recent American political history.
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