Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to remove Trump from office, gives the President a crucial boost in his bid to install a conservative replacement for the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney said he would support holding a Senate confirmation vote for President Trump's US Supreme Court nominee, giving Mr Trump a crucial boost in his bid to install a conservative replacement for the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Republicans hold a 53-47 edge in the Senate, but two of them, Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, have said the chamber should not move forward with a Trump nominee before the election.A Trump appointee would give the court a 6-3 conservative majority.
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