During an interview on “Hannity,” President Trump ripped Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for yet again refusing to answer questions about whether he would support efforts to pack the court if Trump’s pick for Supreme Court Justice were confirmed before the election.
President Trump’s comments came after Biden made a stop in Phoenix and announced he would reveal his position on court-packing “when the election is over.”
“I think what he said was so disrespectful to the process and to the people. But what that means, really, is that they’re going to do it, because obviously, that means 100 percent that’s what they’re going to do. They’re going to end the filibuster and they’re going to do things that you wouldn’t have thought,” Trump warned host Sean Hannity.
Republican lawmakers have made it a priority to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before November’s election. Barrett was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat left vacant by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death in September. Trump forewarned of the Democrat’s plan to “pack” the court with progressive judges in order to prevent a conservative majority.
“If they ever got in, day one, this would be the first move they make, [to] end the filibuster — the nuclear option, as they call it — and they will do that,” said Trump. “Not a week will go by, probably not a day will go by.”
The president also made it clear that he was “not interested” in participating in a virtual debate with Biden telling Hannity, “I’m not Joe Biden, I’m not going to do a virtual debate behind a computer screen.”
Trump added that Biden, if victorious, “won’t be president for three months” before Kamala Harris steps in and “takes over” control.
“She’s the most liberal person in the Senate. She’s not a socialist, she’s a step beyond socialism,” Trump said of the California Senator.
