Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned on Sunday that Senate Democrats from red states are going to face a tough decision on whether to confirm President Trump's next Supreme Court pick, and urged Republicans to "rally behind" the eventual nominee.
“The president’s outsourced his decision to the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. It is extraordinary,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on ABC’s “This Week.”
"Senator McConnell invented this new rule and wouldn’t even consider a meeting with Merrick Garland. And now he’s saying that we’ve got to hurry through here and get this done before the election," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Leonard Leo, who is on leave from the Federalist Society to aide Trump in selecting a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, said on ABC’s “This Week” that he’s confident the president and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “can get anybody confirmed.”
Rudy Giuliani on Sunday attacked special counsel Robert Mueller's team, but said President Trump's legal team hasn't spent much time crafting an argument that the appointment of special counsel was unconstitutional.
“As far as I know… the president did not originally know. At some point, probably a little foggy as to exactly when, the president found out and reimbursed him,” Rudy Giuliani said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested on Sunday that China may have pressured North Korea to take a harder line against U.S. negotiators during a recent visit to the isolated country by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"I hope in the end we come to success, but I think nobody should be surprised by foot dragging," Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said. "This has troubled now four U.S. presidents."
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said on Sunday that the U.S. should restart its military exercises with South Korea if talks between Washington and Pyongyang break down.
"NATO really is making progress and they are doing it really at President Trump’s insistence, and I think that it is very clear and he’s been very direct about the Europeans needing to do more for their own security," Kay Bailey Hutchison told "Fox News Sunday."
Former NATO Commander Adm. James Stavridis defended President Trump on Sunday, saying the president is right to call on NATO members to contribute more to defense spending.
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