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I said is i doubt that diversity benefits the supreme court and that i thought it would be great to have a woman of color, a black woman on the court. i do not think the president handled this as well as he could have by making a pledge to -- during his campaign. >> but president reagan did that as well. >> president reagan said one of his supreme court justices would be a woman. you're skipping over what he exactly said. >> there's always a videotape, so let's go to it again. >> i'm announcing today that one of the first supreme court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most ...

Out and made that clear, even as previous presidents have said, like donald trump as well as ronald reagan, that they would nominate the woman justice to serve on the supreme court. one of the republicans is susan collins, a key swing vote on this issue. she, over the weekend, said joe biden handled this in a very, quote, clumsy manner by saying he would nominate the first black supreme court justice while campaigning and today, she defended that criticism. >> i do not think the president handled this as well as he could have by making a pledge to, during his campaign. >> but president reagan ...