Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Sunday about President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Sunday about President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday implored Senate Republicans not to act on President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court until after the American people finish selecting their next president.
"There are Senate Republicans out there who know in their hearts that if they shut out the voices of those during a voting period, during an election, they're closing the door on American democracy thereafter," Biden said during a speech in his hometown of Wilmington, Del. "I urge every senator to take a step back from the brink, take off the blinders of politics for just one critical moment, and stand up for the Constitution you swore to uphold," said Biden, a longtime former senator himself."Just because you have the power to do something doesn't absolve you of your responsibility to do right by the American people. Uphold your constitutional duty, summon your conscience.
Biden argued that since voters have already begun participating in the democratic process through early-voting and casting their mail-in ballots, it's crucial to hold off on any consideration of a Supreme Court nominee until the election results are known.
Biden first.
Check your history. It’s amazing. Out of 45 Presidents. 29 times a President has been given the right to appoint a Supreme Court judge during an election year.
Why are the gop so anti American?
Didn’t stop Obama, wouldn’t have stopped Hillary
THE TRUTH SHOULD MATTER.
I didn’t think Biden had a conscience and holding up the Supreme Court conformation is not following our Constitution. Democrats don’t like following the rules. We need 9 Justices on the Supreme Court at this critical time in this countries history.
Thats what i hired him for. He is doing right.
How is electing a president who has had 2 strokes already doing right by the American people? Joe is in serious mental decline.
Did he say this to RBG while Obama was still on office?
But when you're in power & don't have senate you should still nominate & vote. Seriously pathetic
When are the democrats going to realize that the republicans don’t have a conscience
Biden doesn't speak for the American people! Millions of us want and demand to move forward with appointing a new SCJ. To thwart the SCOTUS from moving forward w their business is absurd!
Too bad they didn't listen . ..
Republicans have the power and the right to appoint a justice to the SCOTUS. All this hand wringing by Dems is political theater. They would do the exact same thing if the roles were reversed and they had the power.
lc1_summit Republicans have zero concern for the American people.
Just because your wife is pushing you to run for President doesn't mean you should.
Implore your conscience? He doesn't know the meaning!!! Hypocrisy! Can't wait till tonite for the debate!!! Go Trump! MAGA
Biden has the gall to ask Republican Senators to 'Summon your conscience'? He and the Democrats should take their own advise! They are the most deceitful, hateful and biggest liars. Time to clean 'House'
JoeBiden get 4 Republicans to reject the nomination. If they ask why, tell them because you’ll be President soon
LDP_Weagle89 Don't bother poking it with a stick...that conscience is stone cold dead!!
One word... Kavanaugh.
The GOP have no conscience.
Filling the vacancy is doing right by the American people and fulfilling their constitutional responsibility. Got anything else?
I thought NPR, is an apolitical broadcaster—not favoring neither the DIMs or Republicans—as its snout is the public money trough!…Silly me. I thought they were professional, rather than bigoted!
Why would they start now?
It’s happened 29 times and every single time the President made the appointment prior to Election Day.
He should know after the past 180 years he said he spent in government.
AbbeyJaygo If the shoe was on the other foot, the dems would do the same. It’s who’s in power.
In 1956, Ike, a Republican President running for re-election, & intent on preserving the Supreme Court’s ideological balance so as to preserve its legitimacy, appointed . . . a Democrat!
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Hey Joe...you don't deserve the pick until you release your top 5 nominees. Until then SHAAAD UP.
He should have implored the Obama Administration to do more for Blk Americans, &Chicago residents, He shld have insisted on justice for MLK, JFK, RFK, investigate Obama Iran deals instead of lining pockets w/son’s deals & now advocating justice for criminals.Phony Joe.
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GOP has no conscience, Has permitted thievery of covid funds and gassing of people, disttruction of postoffice, don’t forget the economy and now the Highest court in the US is made illegitimate! Welcome to Hell!
I'm sorry but how does anyone still think this man is a candidate for president? They are not cute little gaffes,he doesn't know what is going on 90% of the time,even worse when the sundowning hits.I guess I'm not up to speed on the massive VoterFraud
Hahaha just because you have the power to do something- follow my lead I’ve done nothing for 42years! This Biden guy is a Soros puppet!
All the liberal tears are so beautiful and yummy
As if ...
Not going to work.
Stop campaigning for this clown 🤡
When are Dems going to get it through their skulls that the only 'right' Republicans know is right-wing?
If there is anyone in this world that needs to become more conscious it’s Joe mentality and quickly Trumps going to pull back the curtain on just how out of it he is on Tuesday
Cause, if it was the other way around, OF COURSE the Democrats would patiently wait until after the election with the possibility of losing power and influence, NO QUESTION... (😂😂😂)
If it was the other way around, OF COURSE the Democrats would wait patiently for the election....
Shoe on other foot the dems would push though
Let’s see how persuasive Basement Biden is?🤣🤣🤣
They dont care about responsibility to The People.
This sounds super desperate. We all know that if they were in the same position with a majority in the senate, that seat would have already been filled!!
Fock this imploring shit. Tell them to do their worst because pay back is a bitch.
He’s an idiot
Just like spying on a president because of HATE. Obama is going to jail.
...Babotas...
Their conscience? That’s funny.
What conscience?
If the Senate takes up the SCOTUS nomination before enacting TRUE stimulus relief for the American people, voters will RESPOND up and down the ballot on Nov. 3. Imagine ads touting GOP chose SCOTUS over the well-being of Americans. StimulusPackage DoTheRightThing Vote
It’s right to follow the constitution
SleepyJoe Biden = 47 years of lies, racism, and failure.
The “responsibility” one would hope Repub senators have is to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS pick ASAP. Either we’ll have American values or radical leftist ideology in our court system & R’s need to take a commanding victory & tilt it right for a generation!
Right wing twitter is all abuzz about NPR and your staff's racial theorizing.
Where was Biden conscience when he was approving of one foreign war after another. Less we forget he voted for the disastrous war in Iraq!!!!!
Do they have the power to apply rules capriciously and arbitrarily to further their own political purpose? I thought consistent application of the laws was part of the Constitution? Dems should each file charges against Mitch for removal.
Substitute 'Republicans in the Senate' for 'Your scientists' and it's perfect.
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The only obligation that POTUS has is to fulfill his Constitutional duty - which is his 'responsibility to do right by the American people.'
soccermom1517 Waiting until after the election? The term ends on January. They would still have time to vote.
Biden insanity is getting worst. US Constitution: The “Appointments Clause” (Article II, Section 2, clause 2) states that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the supreme Court.” NO IMPLORE, NO WISH...
He’s right. To wait until the election results are in (voting has already begun) is the right thing to do.
That’s sure to work!
GOP 💩 DO NOT FCKING CARE - NEED TO WIN - will break US DEMOCRACY to win DEM 🤡 always play by the damn rules of “fair and good behavior” -STUPIDLY NAIVE KICK CORRUPTION in the ass DEMAND respect and WIN the damn FIGHT- ENOUGH with “appealing to the good” CRUSH GOP 💩
The Senate is doing what's right by the American people.
It No longer amazes me how Radical Democrats can so easily forfeit the ultimate sacrifice Hundreds of thousands of American Soldiers gave in defending the Constitution! They ignore our 1st and 2nd amendments without a care and now Pushing A BS death Wish from RGB as an EXCUSE!
JoeBiden to the GOP Senators if they push the SCOTUS appointment: “Till you do right by me everything you even think about is gonna fail!”
I'm Joe Biden and I forgot this message.
Generous to assume they have a conscience
While I applaud Biden for his appeal it is helpless & futile to appeal to the consciousness of psychopath like MoscowMitchMcTreason who does not have any consciousness or decency & serves dictators only.
2013. Harry Reid. Reap. What. You. Sow.
Lol ...
Funniest shit ever 😂
This is garbage. They are completely within the law in nominating and approving a justice. You clowns simply hate the fact it will deduct power from the democrat sway...
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The Democrats have tried to trash and undermine Trump since Day 1 of the Presidency, no matter what he said or did. Now they say, we'd just like you to do what we want, even though you don't have to, if you don't mind.
you're wasting your breath, Joe pack the court make it a 13 member body screw 'em
Great Biden pitch, but he's talking to the wind, repubs don't give a rat's ass about the American people, just about their power & position!
It is a message you don't want to miss . Listen in
“Summon your conscience.” 😂 😂
And then they all laughed and told him to sit down and enjoy his pudding.
Watch this please
Just because you have the constitutional right to peaceful protest doesn’t absolve you from the consequences of looting, arson, assaulting police officers, trespassing, reckless endangerment, theft, and mail in ballot fraud 😒
You mean Biden’s handlers, cause Biden can’t really say much. He can’t even read a teleprompter without stepping in it. elderabuse
NPR FakeNews, imploring, asking, wait, conscience, etc . Isn’t what the Constitution says. Publish Article II and remind everybody: the President have a duty to appoint a Supreme Court vacancy. It’s the Law regardless what many including you and Biden think or say. Accept it.
But the constitution says ' shall', just as 44 did. It is up to the Senate to vote yah or nah.
So, appealing to the GOP's sense of decency is TheDemocrats strategy? We're all f**king doomed!
gop =hypocrites
Hiden needs to summon HIS conscience and tell what he really knows about his criminal son Hunter. All the best to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Really. TheDemocrats ABUSED THE OFFICE DURING THE IMPEACHMENT JoeBiden . Or your abuse of power during the fast&furious. BAILOUT at your drug attic Son from crack
Republicans have no conscience. They are drunk with power.
Come on guys, it's not like the GOP promised to not fill a SCOTUS during an election year...oh wait...
Looking for the “conscience” clause in the Constitution. Funny the Dems act like they wouldn’t do the same thing
Democrats are right, this supreme court nomination is all about a power grab. It's about Democrats seeing their opportunity for perpetual power through a liberal court to slip further away and prevent their radical liberal socialist power grab.
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The GOP GOP as a group have forgotten who put them in their jobs, what their jobs are, and what the oaths they swore to said. senatemajldr is so corrupt and greedy that he traded America for his own power. He/GOP created the monster that is destroying our country.
Justice Antonin Scalia died more than eight months before the 2016 presidential election and McConnell said the Senate should not vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee because voters should be given a say by way of choosing the next president. GOP RepublicanHypocrisy
So if the GOP fills this SCOTUS pick “before the election” would this then give those who wanted a judge but not Trump give them exactly what some want AND they could then vote against Trump because he isn’t a favorite of all “so-called” republicans. Judges, yes but Trump, no..?
Democrats 100% would have done the exact same thing. Zero question. Ethics only matter when you’re on the side of the equation without the choice. SCOTUSnominee
At least he said it. The Senate Republicans gave up their spines and ethics in general awhile ago though. It’s about holding onto control even if your ideology is out of step with the vast majority of Americans. The conservative SCOTUS will set back human rights for generations.
I was always told, let your conscience be your guide. That tells me all I need to know about the ethics and morality of the Republican senators who are allowing this to happen.
He needs to STHU because if the tables were turned the DEMOCRATS SURE THE HELL WOULD NOT WAIT!!!!FillTheSeatNOW MAGA2020
JoeBiden is begging because the ONLY reason many folks had planned to vote for him was to secure RuthBaderGinsburg's seat.
Um...it's the President's constitutional right. By begging like this, JoeBiden comes across as desperately in need of SCOTUS to challenge the results of the fair election.
If only they cared about us.
Joe knows legally we cannot stop the GOP from doing what they’re doing, so he’s trying to appeal to their sense of humanity. Joe is playing it this way because he doesn’t want Trump to have a sound bite of him saying other wise...Joe knows what he’s doing, have faith...
I wonder what the Dems would do if they were in this exact position? Do you think they would wait till after the election? Na, no way.
How about if Democrats were in their shoes? They would do the same thing
All those GOP up for re-election should know that we will base our votes on what they do with theirs. SenateGOP NRSC BlockBennett MerrickGarlandRule VoteThemOut NoConfirmationBeforeInauguration
I would seriously question if the GOP senators actually know right from wrong. It seems that their definition of morality is something that helps them hold power.
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He’s right. It’s called ethics. That’s why Trump and his GOP lickspittles are pushing ahead.
I’m with you Joe!
Biden will be fine at the debates. Now let’s give money to candidate
President is trying to fill an open job. Biden is anti jobs.
'ETHICS is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do.' --SCOTUS Justice Potter Stewart
The senate should be working on a covid relief bill and instituting protective measures that the IMPOTUS is too weak to suggest.
The Senate would be negligent if they don't vote on a justice before the election. The people voted. The President serves for 4 years not 3.5. Biden is asking the Senate to abdicate their responsibilities.
You didn’t say shit in 2016 when you’re administration nominated a justice after you had argued opposite again in 91. Anyone who thinks Dems wouldn’t confirm a justice in same position is naive or a troll.
I can't trust Republican senators to summon their consciences when they clearly don't have any.
Ask yourself this important question before getting on your high horse: Would Democrats do the same if they were in Trump's position? Yes they would. End of story.
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'summon your conscience' 😂😂😂 Dude. They don't have a conscience
Ya know what this push for confirmation tells me? The party has no confidence it can hold onto the White House and recognizes its hold on the Senate is tenuous, their only hope is to snag the Supreme Court in what can only be described as a holding maneuver.
deaf ears
Can we stop trying to appeal to the integrity of people who have none? 🙄
Then Biden f ok right what he was saying. Offered pumpkins too all.
JoeBiden is asking Republicans to do the right thing. He knows they won’t.
Appealing to the honor of people who have abandoned honor is futile.
This is everything. Worth a watch. Everything that needed to be said.
Let us know how that works out lol
And he is exactly correct for saying what he said, because idk where you come from. But where I’m from in the United States of America..our people always comes first because we all understand the value of also putting GOD in our lives YesWeCanAgain
Kind of EXACTLY.
I’ll take the constitutional authority over some dead women’s dying wish
Democrats would do the same thing if roles were reversed. 🙄