SPEAKING ON FOX NEWS, Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, conveyed the state of the battle to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "We've got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg's replacement before the election," he said. "That's what's coming." Mr Graham had promised in 2016 to await election results if a Supreme Court vacancy opened in 2020, telling Democratic colleagues, "I want you to use my words against me." He has now abandoned that pledge. Thanks to his about-face and similar changes of heart from Republican colleagues, Mr Graham's prediction of a quick vote to confirm a third Trump appointee seems highly likely to come true.
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