Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump hit back at Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tuesday after the longtime justice openly criticized him in a recent interview.
Trump told The New York Times that Ginsburg should apologize to her fellow justices for weighing in on the race, adding that her comments were “highly inappropriate” and a “disgrace” to the bench. He also said that he hopes that Ginsburg leaves the bench in the near future.
“I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,” Trump said in the interview. “I think it’s a disgrace to the court and I think she should apologize to the court. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.”
“That she should be saying that? It’s so beneath the court for her to be making statements like that,” Trump said. “It only energizes my base even more. And I would hope that she would get off the court as soon as possible.”
Over the weekend, Ginsburg didn’t hold back when asked about the real estate mogul. The longtime associate justice said that she “can’t imagine” what the country would look like with Trump at the helm, adding that she doesn’t even “want to contemplate” the idea.
“I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president. For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that,” Ginsburg told the Times, adding that it reminds her of something her late husband Martin Ginsburg would say. “‘Now it’s time for us to move to New Zealand.'”
She also told the Associated Press that she expects that Clinton will win the election in November.
