Klobuchar mocked over tweet saying ‘people pick the President’ and ‘the President picks the Justice’

Many prominent conservative Twitter accounts pounced on the comment throughout the night, including Donald Trump Jr., who responded, “Glad to have your support on this Amy.”

“Does someone want to tell her??” Republican Georgia Rep. Doug Collins tweeted. “We the people picked @realdonaldtrump! #FillTheSeatNOW.”

“Never thought I’d say this but I agree with Amy Klobuchar,” Trump campaign rapid response director Andrew Clark responded.

Klobuchar clarified her statement roughly an hour later: “People are voting RIGHT NOW to pick our president — that president should pick the next Supreme Court Justice.”

Klobuchar’s argument that Ginsburg’s replacement should be determined by whichever presidential candidate wins in November was echoed by several top Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden.

“Let me be clear: The voters should pick a President, and that President should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg,” Biden tweeted.

In a 2016 New York Times interview, Ginsburg weighed in on the question of a president appointing a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a term, saying, “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year.”

“That’s their job.”

Republicans, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have argued there is ample historical precedent for Trump to abide by the Constitution and proceed with the nomination process during an election year.

“Twenty-nine times there has been a vacancy in a presidential election year. Now, presidents have made nominations all 29 times. That’s what presidents do. If there’s a vacancy, they make a nomination,” Cruz told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.

Trump is expected to announce his nomination to fill the vacancy on Friday or Saturday, and it is widely believed that Republicans have the necessary votes to confirm that nominee.