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US Republican President Donald Trump praised the “exceptional life” of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after learning at the end of an election trip to Minnesota of her death Friday at the age of 87. Democratic candidate Joe Biden said the successor must be nominated by the future leader of the White House, chosen in the November 3 elections.
“He died? I didn’t know … He led an exceptional life. What more can you say? She was an extraordinary woman, whether you agree or not. I am very saddened to hear about her death,” Trump said.
The Republican president was on the scene giving a speech in the Minnesota town of Bemidji when the Supreme Court announced the death of the judge.
Donald Trump was not informed of the magistrate’s death until the end of his campaign rally, a few minutes before boarding the presidential plane.
Shortly afterwards, he paid tribute to him in a more solemn declaration, without specifying whether he intended to name a successor quickly.
“Today, the Nation cries out for a colossus of law,” he wrote. Welcoming a “bright spirit” and a “fighter,” he said the judge’s decisions, especially on women’s rights, “excited all Americans,” Agerpres reports.
This progressive judge “showed that we can disagree without being disagreeable,” added the president, whom Ruth Bader Ginsburg described as an “impostor” during the 2016 presidential campaign, after which she regretted the statement.
The American flag was raised at the White House in honor of the judge, said administration spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany, saluting a “pioneer of women.”
The flags were also lowered in the United States and in the United States Congress, announced the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.
Joe Biden says that Judge Ginsburg’s successor must be appointed by the future president
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in the election, said in a press release that the future Supreme Court Justice to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg will have to be appointed by the president-elect in the Nov. 3 election.
“Voters must choose a president and the president must nominate a judge for the Senate,” he said.
In a Twitter post, Biden also paid tribute to the judge, saying he was an “American hero,” “a giant of legal doctrine,” and “a tireless voice in pursuit of the highest American ideal: equal justice in Before the law “.
The announcement of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg paves the way for an intense political struggle, as Democrats fear that President Donald Trump will try to replace her with another judge, admittedly conservative, before the presidential election.
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