FactualAt a meeting in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Saturday, the president defended his decision to immediately appoint a judge to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The masked Trumpists rub shoulders with the maskless, Saturday, September 19 on the tarmac of the regional airport of Fayetteville. The “tour of the hangars” started by the outgoing president in the middle of the summer stops in this small town of North Carolina. Less than twenty-four hours after the announcement of the disappearance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dean of the Supreme Court, the time has already come for mobilization in the ranks of the Republicans.
The president of Grand Old Party for North Carolina, Michael Whatley, opens the meeting by inviting the modest public to pray for the family of the progressive judge, taken away by pancreatic cancer at 87, but the battle to come is on everyone’s mind. Earlier in the morning, Donald Trump ruled by ensuring on his Twitter account to be in “The obligation, without delay”, to appoint a replacement who would anchor even more to the right the highest legal body in the country.
On stage, while awaiting the arrival of the presidential plane which will land at the end of the afternoon, Republican Senator Thom Tillis ensures that Donald Trump has “Responsibility and authority” to go forward. “I will vote for confirmation” of the person chosen by the president, he says to the cheers as he faces a delicate re-election in November.
Double talk accusations
In the audience, Renee White and Julia Inman, both in their sixties, have a little trouble analyzing the consequences of the disappearance of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Will it mobilize the Democrats more than us, my faith I do not know. All I want is more conservative judges, a man or a woman, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s someone close to our ideas ”, ensures the first. “But yes, that should help the president”, wants to believe the second.
“When I heard the news, I was not happy, we can not congratulate ourselves on the death of a person, but I obviously thought about the continuation and what is coming, it will be Something “, assures Kevin Auten. Does he fear a fratricidal battle? “Let’s be clear, let’s look at where we were already before” the death of the one who has defended women’s rights all her life, he puts into perspective. “Democrats will be even more mobilized, and Republicans the same, that’s how it is”, he blurted out with fatalism.
At the same time, in Washington, Donald Trump clarifies his plan. “I think it will go very quickly”, he confides before evoking an appointment ” next week “. “It will most likely be a woman”, he adds before leaving the White House for North Carolina.
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