'That's so wrong': Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat who opposes court packing, expressed dismay with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refusing to commit to considering a Supreme Court nominee picked by President Biden if GOP win a majority this year
The West Virginia centrist was quoted by Axios in responding to McConnell saying Thursday that he will not commit to considering a Supreme Court nominee picked by President Joe Biden if Republicans win a majority this year.
"Oh, that's so wrong," Manchin said."I think that's our responsibility. We take an oath of office to do our job. ... I just hope he doesn't mean that."McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told Axios that a question about holding hearings for a vacancy was hypothetical, and he argued it “puts the cart before the horse.
Manchin voted in favor of Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was confirmed in a 53-47 vote Thursday. However, the high court maintains a 6-3 conservative majority, as former President Donald Trump had three picks end up as justices.
Manchin has stood out as a Democrat who refuses to support liberals pushing to end the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court, arguing that such a move would betray the Senate's purpose to work in a bipartisan way.
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