Brett Tolman, former Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel joins 'FOX & Friends.'
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President Trump, we have an
obligation,
we won.
We have an obligation as the
winners to pick who we want.
That is not the next president.
Hopefully I will be the next
president, but were here now
right now were here,
and we have an obligation to the
voters, all of the people, the
millions of people that put us
here in the form of a victory.
We have an obligation to them
to all of those voters.
Will that was President Trump
yesterday
he is expected to announce his
nominee to replace Justice, Ruth
Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme
Court next week, but could some
republican senators like
Mitt Romney Susan Collins, end
up delaying his plans?
Lets ask Bret Tolman a former?
U dot S attorney for Utah,
he previously served as legal
council for the Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing, including
confirmmation of Roberts and
Alito
Bret. Thank you for being with
us this morning.
Who is key in this process in
both leadership and members, and
how quickly do you think it can
move?
Look. This will all boil down
to one man that is Senator
Lindsey. Graham,
if you look at the last two
chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, you have chairman
Grassily and you saw his calm
and really seasoned and strong
leadership that he exhibited. I
think was only reason that
Kavanaugh got through that
hurricane of a mess on the last
confirmation
and then before that Senator
Arlen Specter,
so those were very seasoned,
very strong personalities.
They have a role to try to keep
all of the Republicans in line.
If that happens, Mcconnell
will get this through in that
narrow time frame.
Pete that narrow time frame
we heard about Susan Collins,
LISA Murkowsky saying maybe we
should wait. Mitt Romney is wild
card.
Does it happen to before the
election? Or could this move into
November and December as well
Bret?
It could go past the
election,
everybody at the Judiciary
Committee right now, whether
elected members or Senate staff
and attorneys are, are going to
be twenty four slash seven from now. Until then,
it is grueling and exhausting.
There is already people right
now who have been selected who
are vetting on both sides, good
and bad issues, with every
potential nominee
PETE speaking of potential
nominees. Who do you like?
Who is the right pick for this
president right now?
I think it is clearly Amy
Comey Barrett.
This is one that the country
Republicans and conservatives
all over the country, hoping
would be the opportunity for
them to put her on the bench.
I think she is the one that can
withstand this, this fight that
is coming and it will be a
fight.
So you know this two thousand and twenty just
continues to get more and more
interesting.
I would never expect this is
going to happen
here. We are
PETE. We have three more plot
twists in us, Bret for sure
a key criteria, the ability to
withstand the firestorm
hurricane.
She has been vetted before.
As far as conservatives, who want
to see someone faithful to the
constitution as Textualist. Is
she rock solid on this?
She is,
she will come on the bench.
She is a force to be dealt with.
She holds to her guns.
She is strong.
If you look at the women that
have been appointed to the
court, they have had to be
strong to get where they are
PETE. How would they attack her?
How would they attack her Brett
before Kavanaugh? I would
give you the standard response
PETE. They will attack her
writings, opinions or decisions.
I dont think that is in play
anymore.
I think now what it is they
will go as far as to make up an
argument or an issue that comes
in from left field in order to
deal with it.
Weve seen it
there is that level of
desperation. On the Democrat.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-20.