Joined by Richard Mullaney. We will discuss the florida role as a battleground state this year. Host good morning on this tuesday. We are going to begin with republicans only. How should the Senate Precedent . If you believe they should fill the seat before the election,. Ial in at 202 7488000 if you think they should wait until after the election, 202 7488001 is your number. Are 7488002 if you undecided. At 202 lso text us 7488003. Tomorrow, we will talk to democrats only. Legalould Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move forward on the vacancy on the Supreme Court after Justice Ginsburgs death this past friday. Here is the majority leader. Hearing there is not sufficient time to examine and confirm the nominee. We can debunk this myth in about 30 seconds. Until novemberys 3 and 104 days until the end of this congress. Stevens was confirmed by the senate in 19 days. Days from start to finish. Oconnor, was day confirmed in 33 days after the nomination. Herself, it was just 42 days. Process couldve been played out twice between now and november 3 with time to spare. Justice ginsburg could have been confirmed twice between now and the end of the year with time to spare. The senate has more than sufficient time to process the nomination. History and precedent make that clear. The 2020days until election. Leader mcconnell says they control the senate and can move forward on this vacancy. We are talking to republicans only. Here is the headline in politico. Gatherefore republicans behind closed doors this afternoon to talk about how they move forward, they are noncommittal as trump pushes for the vote. Politico reports this. It would be the new world record if they did this before november 3. There is this wrinkle. Kelly could be sworn in later in november instead of january because its a special election. Majority,s have a 5347. They cannot lose three republicans moving forward. Minority leader on the floor yesterday, reacting to what he heard. I worry for the future of this chamber if they proceed down this dangerous path. Feel to cease using contradictory rationales, how could we expect the other side again it . How can we trust each other when when the stakes of the highest, the other side will doublecross their own standards when its politically advantageous. Tell me how. Tell me how this would not spell the end of this supposedly great deliberative body. Way for thisone chamber to retain its dignity through this difficult chapter. Theres only one way for us to have some hope of coming together again, lowering the temperature. Senate republicans to commit to rejecting any nominee until the next president is installed. Ginsburgsstice dying wish. It may be the senates last hope. Host republicans only, how should the senate proceed . John is in georgia. You say fill the seat. Good morning. Why do you believe that . Caller because its the way the constitution says, if there is a court, on the supreme the president exercises his priority. Its the advise and consent clause. This divisive nature is arguing over timing. Host did you believe the republicans were right to hold up the nomination of mary garland before the election in 2016 . Caller its the senates prerogative to hold hearing. To dont tell the senate what it chooses not to do. Set their own rules. The house sets its own rules. Going to go to elizabeth in virginia. She agrees with you. Caller good morning. Host tell us your thoughts. Caller i believe the seat needs to be filled. You have a new term. Obamacare will go back to a local ruling. Seat. Eed to fill the thats with the president is supposed to do. Was filled in 42 days. T you want them Senate Confirmed her. It host ok. Said at the top, republicans have a slim majority. They cannot lose more than three republicans. Collins of maine and Lisa Murkowski of alaska have said they will oppose moving forward with the nominee. Yesterday, all eyes were on cory reelection is up for and vulnerable in that state. President trump lost colorado in 2016. They are looking to him to see what he would do. He came out with a statement saying he would move forward. People looked to chuck grassley. He had said he would not favor moving forward before the death of Justice Ginsburg. Yesterday, he justified moving forward in the committee. Lets show those tweets from chuck grassley. That is senator chuck grassley. Cory gardner put out this statement yesterday. This is about the way forward. Many of you are familiar with the Lincoln Project. They sent out a tweet yesterday on Cory Gardners statement, saying it looks like people talk a lot about mitt romney, what would he do . Said that hey has wants to wait and talk to his colleagues. That meeting will take place this afternoon. Politico notes this. This is a quote from rand paul. We are talking to republicans only this morning. Byron is in pennsylvania. Good morning. Care what thet senators say. They are supposed to do according to the constitution. If President Trump wants to nominate somebody now, do it now. That is his choice. He is the one who selects the nominee. Let the senators do what they want to do. Romneys vote as far as im concerned doesnt mean anything. As cory, hes conceded . Host they put out a statement saying he is going to vote to move forward. Sent out a project tweet saying it looks like he has conceded the election to governor hickenlooper. They are saying that. They are saying he is going to lose because of this. Caller thats his problem. Thats not my problem. Thats not the president s problem. The president can do whatever he can to help gardner when his election. Problem to do as he wishes. If he wants to concede the election, let them do. Host hes not conceding the election. I dont want anyone to be confused by that. Caller you are confusing people by saying that. William, good morning. Good morning. Louisville, kentucky. Caller i dont know the with whaton, i agree they are doing. The way the democrats did when Trump Nominee the last Supreme Court justice. Democrats tried to run the man into the ground. Think he should do it and see what the democrats do this time. You are talking about Brett Kavanaugh . Caller yes. Say to vote before the election. Caller my idea is is it a matter of fairness, are we talking about garland and obama . President is doing what he is supposed to do constitutionally, i would say lets do it. We have the senate. We have the presidency. We are correct if we do so. That is my idea. Thank you for taking my call. The wall street journal front page, president will announce his pick over the weekend. She visited the white house yesterday. Shewall street journal says is beginning to look like the top pick for the president. We have more to come on that. We will go to susan in arizona. Good morning. Who do you plan to vote for in the upcoming election in the senate race there . Caller i am first of all, good morning. I am planning on voting for someone who will get the job done. I think he should fill the seat. I think the people are tired of waiting on something to happen. It seems like the republicans are the only ones getting anything done. The democrats keep blocking everything. On at thetill holding beginning. He needs to fill the seat. Maybe they will get the hint. Lets say President Trump loses the election and democrats take back the senate. I want to tell you what conservative columnist george will writes. He says this. What if democrats pack put more members, more justices on the court . About living in the past. Our president is not looking very good right now. I dont see any difference that the Democratic Party. They are the majority right now. Get extraublicans seats, i really dont care. I want to see something done for the people. Host john is in virginia. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Host you say fill the seat after the election. After november 3. They should put out a position. Win, its going to wind up in the Supreme Court. , why doesask you. Verybody assume there are democrats and they could vote for the nominee. Its not automatic that they have to vote just because tromp trump nominated them. Host some looking at doug jones in alabama and possibly he could side with the republicans. I just cannot imagine what this country is going to go through. The election will be close. Its going to go to the Supreme Court. Everybody knows it. We dont need that. They need to get an odd number on the Supreme Court. Thats their job. Host thats the argument being made in the washington journal. They write we are asking republicans only, how do you think the senate should receive. John is in arlington, virginia. Caller good morning. Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the president is elected for four years. It was 20162015, there was a video addressing it. Is, the president constitutionally can do it. The congress can do it. That was the case with obama. Could, they didnt. There is nothing illegal about it. Its perfectly legal. Thats the way our system is run. If the democrats want to pack the republicans compact five more on top of that. This guy from nevada host harry reid. The rulesen he dumped the filibuster rule, the republicans said fine, we will up the escalation. The democrats have done stuff in the past that is caused more difficulty. If they packed the court, republicans will just add more on. Its up to these guys to play by the rules, whether you like it or not. Some critics are pointing to Lindsey Graham, who is the chair of the Judiciary Committee and will set those hearings and what he said in 2016. Have seen the tape of him saying that he would not support moving forward with him a nominee. Yesterday, he was on sean hannity. Here is what he had to say about changing his mind. Enough to sayumb that. Ive seen this movie before. For hert to vote replacement for the election. We are going to move forward in the committee. We can vote before the election. Thats the constitutional process. Everything changed with me. They are not going to intimidate me. If you want to help me fight back, go to Lindsey Graham. Com. Have a process that you will be proud of, the nominee is going to be supported by every republican in the committee. Weve got the votes to confirm the judge before the election. Thats whats coming. Yesterday morning, he was greeted by protesters outside his home in washington dc. They said it was his wakeup call. Rotesters tweeted out video the Lincoln Project is republicans who have come together to oppose the president , they have put together an ad against Lindsey Graham and his reelection efforts. Here it is. I want conservative judges on the court. I really dont care. Comes in the last year of President Trumps term, if the processes have started, we will wait until the next election. I want you to use my words against me. Hold the tape. The Lincoln Project is responsible for the content of this ad. Host the hill newspaper has this headline about the race. Graham and harrison are winning running in the. Harold is in little rock, arkansas. You say fill the seat after the election. Because people are going to do what they want to do. Im not against it. Every republican i know, when they go behind closed doors. [no audio] jean who isl go to in michigan. Caller good morning. If it was on the other foot, you know the republicans would be against it in the democrats would be for it. See Joe Scarborough when they do it. Theynd the guy from have their hair on fire on everything. Overhyped. Its dividing the United States. Its about time somebody said to heck with it. Look what they hearings about what happened on the impeachment. Trust democrats anymore. Host are you still there . Theme ask you about Washington Post editorial this morning. We talk about divisiveness. They writethey write that, in r, democrats find themselves caught between appealing to republicans moral credibility and threatening something akin to mutual destruction. The were they may pack court back. There is an alternative way, they write. For republicans troubled by the hypocrisy their leaders urge them to embrace and democrats who are reluctant to pack the court, the key would be to lower the stakes of any ones up in court pick, so the parties are not tempted to resort to an allout war every time a justice retires or dies. The best way to do that is to impose term limits of, say, 18 years on Supreme Court justices. What do you think about that idea . Ler let them go ahead republicans will be back in someday, and they can do the same thing, and they can even do it more. It is getting to be where it is host what about the compromise . What about the compromise proposed . Caller go ahead and fill the seat, and then, when the democrats get back in, they can do the same thing, for crying out loud. The do not have to appoint justices, if there is an opening, they have a right to do it. They do not have a right to tell everybody else in the country it is either my way or the highway. Host we go to karen next in new york, who agrees with you. She says fill before the election. Caller good morning. How are you . President , i would have filled the seat yesterday, if i could have. It is disgusting that a president cant do what he is supposed to do because the democrats do not like it. And what is this blinken project ive been hearing on this sure . Y are as much rep. Gooden they are as much republican as i am an alien. To go after Lindsey Graham, go to anyones house because you do not agree with them, that is criminal. They should be arrested for that. And all the democrats, all they know about is divide people, to be divisive. They are dishonest, bunch of liars. I hope to god they never, never get in. I hope the president could last another 10 years as president , because that is how scary and undermined it those democrats are. Host and purchasers are also going to Mitch Mcconnells home in kentucky, according to the newspaper there. Mitch mcconnells home hit by protesters as he vows to put through Supreme Court vote. Protesters Holding Signs up. They say ditch mitch and ruth sent me. This in kentucky yesterday. You say council bluffs, phil before the election. Caller good morning. How are you . Asay just fill that seat soon as you can we got to stop all of these Peaceful Protesters from burning the country down, and if we do not do Something Real quick, Something Really bad is going to happen, i am afraid. George is a turncoat. We know where his loyalties are at. Not know pelosi, i do why she is even getting involved in this. She better take care of that house, let Mitch Mcconnell take care of the senate. Host ok. Caller nancy seems like she is the only one to get her hair done, only one who can go to church on sundays. To go to12 People Church he ought to go play the lottery. Pelosiouse speaker nancy announcing yesterday that Justice Ginsburg will light in state at th lie in state at the capitol, a rare honor. And Justice Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court wednesday and thursday. Her coffin will be at the buildings front steps. Justices lay in repose, but for a pioneering ocate of for the extra was to honor her. Le the formal ceremony at the capitol will be for invited guests only, because of the pandemic. Dean, fresno california. Fill the sea before the election. Caller good morning. Fill the seat. I want to say this this morning, i am watching this show. It is supposed to be for republicans only, so you would think, at one point in time, for the whole show ive been watching you would have one positive story. Every is politico, its negative what do you think about that . Processing Mitch Mcconnell, they are protesting i do not understand this negativity. You want an opinion from just the people who know the constitution or you want an emotional opinion . We do not like the burning of the world of the country. Taxpayer dollars are going to rebuild. And have you had an insurance adjuster on your show at all to talk about all the damage of what is who is paying for it . These small businesses, they do not have riot insurance. I am so shocked. But i say fill the seat. Im sorry for her death. A lot of people love her. I do not have anything against her, but she was very liberal, and a lot of people do not agree. Let it happen. Quit doing the distraction of america, please. Host all right, we heard that point. Lets go to jeff in kansas. You are undecided. Caller it does not matter whether or not it is decided before or after the election. The Supreme Court lost their article three power in 1870 one under the constitution act anyway. Lawwe became a corporatist society. We live under a corporation. And since when our president s install, as ginsburg said, and not elected . That tells me our votes mean nothing. Jeff in kansas. One of the top leading candidates is amy coney barrett. Here is the shortlist from the washington times. Along with her is judge barbara judge joan larsen. Writearretts bio, they her career highlights 48 years old, catholic. Homestay is indiana. On the seventh Circuit Court. Onfirmed by the senate scalia. Ked for justice she taught at notre dame law school. Her face became a Sticking Point during a confirmation hearing in 2017. And she made mr. Trum