Senate GOP sets high bar to support Biden's Supreme Court pick
CNN
President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are making plans to advance his history-making Supreme Court pick, selling the country on a Black female nominee they plan to argue is eminently qualified and barrier-breaking at the same time.
Republicans are not yet moved -- and it's unclear if they ever will be.
GOP senators and Senate candidates are already concluding that the unnamed nominee is certain to be far left, throwing cold water on the names floated as being on Biden's potential short list, and calling for a slow confirmation process. And they're settling on a theme: that Biden's pick will likely undercut his promise to unite the country.
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