Lawless: Any Day We’re Talking About SCOTUS & Not Coronavirus is Bad Day for Dems
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Lawless: Any Day We’re Talking About SCOTUS & Not Coronavirus is Bad Day for Dems
Lawless, who appeared on GoLocal LIVE, talked about how the media attention on President Donald Trump's pledge to nominate a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- and not his handling of the coronavirus -- only serves to help Republicans.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"It’s hard to imagine any pretty picture here for the Democrats. The question is just how bad can it be," said Lawless.
"If Trump nominates someone by [Friday] and Saturday which he says he’s going to do, the question is are there literally enough days between now and the election to have hearings, to fully vet this person, and to hold a vote," said Lawless. "I think it’s unlikely — I think it’s more likely the vote would be after the election but it doesn’t even matter at this point, because [Republican Senator Mitt] Romney was the key to actually voting with the Democrats potentially to hold up an actual vote."
"Any day that we’re talking about the Supreme Court and not coronavirus is a bad day for the Democrats," she said. "They’re now stuck between a rock and a hard place because these are a key, key set of issues that the Supreme Court’s going to be deciding and it doesn’t look like it helps them that much heading into the election."
"Traditionally the people that care most about the Supreme Court are conservatives," said Lawless. "When the Supreme Court is a salient issue for a voter, it tends to be a conservative Republican voter."
"This is also bad news for John Roberts, who had sort of positioned himself as the pivotal voice of reason on the court he just lost a ton of power, because if the conservative tilt is 6-3 he’s not going to be decisive in most cases," she added.