Coulter: 10
million more Trump votes if GOP blows Supreme Court fight, Capitulation to Obama will further fuel
billionaire's appeal, by Douglas Ernst, 2/15/16, WND
Conservative pundit Ann
Coulter says the U.S. Senate may inadvertently win Donald Trump 10 million
extra votes in the aftermath of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s
death.
President Obama is
expected to move quickly to replace the void left by Scalia’s passing on
Saturday at a West Texas resort. Coulter said any capitulation by Republicans
to Obama’s agenda once it returns from its recess Feb. 22 will further push
voters into the Republican hopeful’s camp. “Look, if they let
somebody go through, I mean, I think Trump is going to win anyway but it’s just
going to get him another ten million votes,” Coulter told Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM. Listen
to Ann Coulter’s interview here:
The conservative author said if the 79-year-old justice had died
prior to the rise of Trump, then Senate Republications would have assuredly
caved to the president's demands.
"If this had
happened a year ago … we've seen how Republicans have behaved," Coulter said.
"They're utterly craven. They would probably pass, or Senate Republicans
would confirm whomever Obama sends up. They'd wring their hands. Sen. Lindsey
Graham would be leading the charge, talking about how it's the president's
right to decide. Now that Donald Trump has come on the scene, I think
Washington Republicans may be starting to get the message."
Legal minds have already
began ruminating on the short list of candidates Obama is likely to consider in
the weeks ahead.
Former Attorney General
Eric Holder and current Attorney General Loretta Lynch are two of the most
recognizable names. Others include former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; New
Jersey Sen. Corey Booker; Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford; and Minnesota Sen.
Amy Klobucher and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, as
WND reported.
"I plan to fulfill
my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. There
will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the Senate to fulfill its
responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. These are
responsibilities that I take seriously, as should everyone," Obama said
Saturday after announcing Scalia's death. Trump went on record
during Saturday night's CBS debate from South Carolina for the adoption of a
“delay, delay, delay," strategy, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz began planning
a filibuster.
"The Senate needs
to stand strong and say, ‘We’re not going to give up the Supreme Court for a
generation by allowing Barack Obama to make one more liberal appointee,” Cruz
said during debate, WND reported.
Presidio County Judge
Cinderela Guevara, who pronounced Scalia dead on Saturday, said the death
certificate will say the cause was natural and that he died of a heart attack. She said she decided not
to order an autopsy after Sheriff Danny Dominguez concluded there were no signs
of foul play, WFAA News in Dallas reported Sunday. The Scalia family concurred.
“As part of my
investigation, one of the things I did ask the sheriff and the U.S. Marshal:
‘Were there any signs of foul play?’ And they said, ‘absolutely not.’ At that
time, I still wanted to be careful, and asked them if [Scalia’s] physician
would call me,” Guevara said, WND reported.
Guevara said she talked
to Scalia’s doctor in Washington, D.C., who told her he had been sick and had been
at his office Wednesday and Thursday before going on the hunting trip Friday.
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