Protesters on Monday wrote deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “dying wish” in chalk in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Washington, D.C., house.
The message came amid wider criticism of McConnell’s leadership in the Senate and was intended to make him reconsider transgressing Ginsburg’s wish, which, as related to NPR by her granddaughter Clara Spera, was that “I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
“It is not only the wrong thing to do, it is absolutely immoral, and it flies in the face of what this wonderful woman, whose picture is right there, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, requested,” activist Medea Benjamin told the Washington Examiner.
They’ve written her “dying wish” in front of his door. pic.twitter.com/d8yxIkvFuS
— Nic Rowan (@NicXTempore) September 21, 2020
Benjamin and about 100 others chanted their dissent in front of McConnell’s house, demanding that he “respect RBG.” They were accompanied by about 50 cars that drove down McConnell’s street on Capitol Hill, honking their horns in protest against the majority leader’s decision to hold a vote on a nominee.
The anti-Mitch caravan has arrived. pic.twitter.com/XwlIErshOW
— Nic Rowan (@NicXTempore) September 21, 2020
The Poor People’s Campaign, which organized the protest, also picketed McConnell’s house in Louisville, Kentucky.
Protesters on Monday also picketed South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s house, arriving early in the morning to demand that Graham not vote on a nominee until after the winner of the 2020 election has taken office in January.
The Trump administration has been skeptical of Ginsburg’s dying wish, which is not a binding request. President Trump has cast doubt on whether the late justice ever made it, telling Fox News on Monday that he thought it could have been written by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Trump also announced on Monday that he will name a Supreme Court nominee either Friday or Saturday.
