Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) is offering advice to Americans put off by the Republicans' effort to fill a Supreme Court vacancy just weeks before the elections: vote early.
"If the Republicans insist on going forward, then there has to be a price to pay," she said Friday in an interview with "CBS This Morning."
A host of recent polls show that most Americans oppose the Republicans' rush to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader GinsburgTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline MORE so close to the elections, preferring that the Senate wait to see the outcome of the presidential race.
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Buoyed by those surveys, Pelosi and her Democratic allies are promoting voter mobilization as the single best way for frustrated Americans to respond.
"This is totally, completely inappropriate, and counter to what they said when Justice [Antonin] Scalia passed," she said. "But it's no use getting into their hypocrisy. What we have to make sure people know, they must vote and must vote early, so that the message, — their voices, their vote — that that message comes clearly."
Following Ginsburg's death last week, Senate GOP leaders are charging ahead with their plan to seat her replacement before the Nov. 3 elections. President Trump
Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE is expected to announce his nominee on Saturday.
The effort marks a sharp reversal from the Republicans' position in 2016, when Scalia died roughly nine months before the presidential election and GOP senators refused to consider the nominee forwarded by then-President Obama.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power MORE (R-Ky.) said at the time that future voters should get to decide who fills the vacancy.
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“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president,” he said.
Republicans have defended their change of heart, arguing that the dynamics are different this year because, unlike 2016, the president and Senate are now controlled by the same party.
"No one should be surprised that a Republican Senate majority would vote on a Republican President’s Supreme Court nomination, even during a presidential election year," said Sen. Lamar Alexander
Andrew (Lamar) Lamar AlexanderGraham: GOP has votes to confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy This week: Supreme Court fight over Ginsburg's seat upends Congress's agenda MORE (R-Tenn.).
Democrats are unconvinced, accusing GOP leaders of conducting a shameless power grab that flouts their posture of four years ago.
"Democrats have done hypocritical things in the past," said Rep. Bobby Scott
Robert (Bobby) Cortez ScottCongress must finish work on popular conservation bill before time runs out House passes bill to allow private lawsuits against public schools for discriminatory practices Pelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief MORE (D-Va.), "but at least we have the common decency to be embarrassed about it."
Pelosi on Friday said the GOP's urgency is rooted in the singular purpose of repealing ObamaCare — a campaign promise they've failed to accomplish legislatively. The Supreme Court is poised to hear opening arguments on Nov. 10 in a state-based challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
"All of the polling shows that people do not want the Affordable Care Act overturned," she said.
Pelosi also touted voting as a remedy for countering Trump's suggestion that there may not be a peaceful transition if he were to lose the election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden
Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE in November — a possibility Pelosi did not rule out.
"I'm hoping for the best; I'm prepared for the worst," Pelosi said. "The best antidote to their poison is to vote — ... to have your friends and neighbors vote, whoever you vote for — but have it be a big, clear vote."
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