On the matter of the Suprme Court nomination, President Trump, here with his daughter Ivanka Trump, endorsed a scenario that would involve majority Republicans unilaterally changing Senate rules over the objections of the Democratic minority. At the White House a day after nominating Gorsuch, Trump endorsed a scenario that would involve majority Republicans unilaterally changing Senate rules over the objections of the Democratic minority. McConnell has not said whether he might invoke the nuclear option if minority Democrats block Gorsuch’s confirmation, but the Senate leader has said repeatedly that, one way or another, Gorsuch will be confirmed. Democrats are still smarting over the treatment of Judge Merrick Garland, former president Barack Obama’s nominee to the court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia a year ago. There are 23 Senate Democrats up for election next year, 10 in states Trump won.

Source: thestar February 01, 2017 22:15 UTC