Vice President Mike Pence tried Saturday to rally public support for President Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch -- lauding his legal career and vowing he would “pick up” where former conservative Justice Antonin Scalia “left off,” while warning about Gorsuch’s tough, partisan Senate confirmation battle ahead. “They are cut from the same cloth,” Pence said at a Federalist Society gathering in Philadelphia. So under the chamber’s 60-vote rule, Gorsuch would need votes from at least eight Democrats to be confirmed. “The qualifications of Judge Gorsuch are beyond dispute,” Trump said in announcing his nominee. Pence suggested Saturday that he supports Trump’s position, saying Gorsuch will get a full Senate vote “one way or another.”“Judge Gorsuch is a worthy successor to Antonin Scalia,” Pence also said.

Source: Fox News February 04, 2017 18:50 UTC