Democratic Sen. Bob Casey said Monday he’ll vote against whomever President Trump nominates to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
Casey, who is up for re-election in a state Trump won, announced his opposition hours before the president is scheduled to make his pick public.
“I will oppose the nomination the president will make tonight because it represents a corrupt bargain with the far Right, big corporations, and Washington special interests,” Casey said in a statement.
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Casey is anti-abortion, but he said all of the potential nominees would oppose labor unions and get rid of protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
“This list is the bidding of corporate special interests hell-bent on handing health care over to insurance companies, crushing unions that represent working men and women, and promoting policies that will leave the middle-class further behind,” Casey said. “Any judge on this list is fruit of a corrupt process straight from the D.C. swamp.”
I will oppose the nomination the President will make tonight because it represents a corrupt bargain with the far Right, big corporations, and Washington special interests.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) July 9, 2018
Other red-state Democrats Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana are waiting to see who Trump nominates before announcing their position. Most Senate Democrats have said they will vote against Trump’s eventual pick, arguing Republicans should wait until after the November elections before allowing a confirmation vote.
