Schumer: Trump should pick ‘mainstream’ candidate to fill Supreme Court vacancy

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Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he wants President-elect Trump to select a “mainstream” candidate to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Asked by NBC on Sunday whether he was comfortable filibustering any Trump nominee for the court, Schumer dodged answering the question directly.

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