WASHINGTON — Some Republicans say they are worried that overheated rhetoric about President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court could backfire, detracting from arguments about the pandemic and the economy in this year’s midterm elections.
North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer said Wednesday that since anyone Biden picks to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer will not change the ideological slant of the nation’s high court, it’s not worth a fight that could risk upending midterms in which Republicans are currently expected to do well.
“Let’s not change the momentum of this midterm election because we’re not going to change the makeup of the court, so why spend a lifetime on that hill?” Cramer said. “I think it’s pretty obvious Democrats would rather see us fight about that than the other things because we win all the other fights.”
