September 21, 2020 04:53 PM UTC

Cory Gardner: Sure, Let's Confirm a New SCOTUS Nominee!

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• by: Colorado Pols

Brave as ever, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) waited until the very end of the day to issue a statement about his position on filling the Ruth Bader Ginsberg vacancy before the election.

In statement, @SenCoryGardner does not oppose a Supreme Court vote before the election and says he would vote to confirm a “qualified” Trump nominee “who will protect our Constitution, not legislate from the bench, and uphold the law.”

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 21, 2020

As The Denver Post reported in February 2016, that Cory Gardner was totally opposed to holding confirmation hearings in an election year and refused to even meet with President Obama’s eventual choice, Merrick Garland:

Asked his opinion about the high court vacancy, Gardner said the successor to the recently deceased Antonin Scalia “ought be chosen by the American people through the election of the next president.” [Pols emphasis]

Pressed…on what he would say to the argument that he should wait to see who the president nominates, Gardner responded: “Again, I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision.” [Pols emphasis]

It’s gross, folks. It really is.