Biden Says Voters ‘Don’t Deserve’ To Know Stance On Supreme Court Packing
Joe Biden declined to state whether he might want to pack up the Supreme Court if he becomes the president. He said in an interview that citizens "do not deserve" to know his stance on the subject.
Some Democrats proposed to pack the Supreme Court or raise the number of justices on the bench. That would happen if the party retains the president and a Senate plurality in the November polls. The proposition arrives when Republicans try to confirm to the court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The decision solidified a conservative vote of 6-3.
Senator Kamala Harris and running mate Biden have consistently declined to say whether they accept the court's packing. Reporter Ross DiMattei of KTNV, a Las Vegas ABC affiliate, pressed Biden again on the subject.
Seriously though, do they need to know?
DiMattei said the topic of court packing was the "number-one topic" he was questioned about by viewers.
"Sir, don't the voters deserve to know..." DiMattei asked.
"No they don't deserve [to know my stance on Court packing]-I'm not gonna play [President Trump's] game," Biden responded. He added Trump would "love that to be the discussion instead of what he's doing now."
Biden gets pressed on court-packing in every interview, but this answer to @KTNV is new:@RossDiMattei: "Don't the voters deserve to know-"@JoeBiden: "No they don't deserve- I'm not gonna play his game. He'd love... that to be the discussion instead of what he's doing now." pic.twitter.com/BpIxTrborp — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) October 10, 2020
At a press conference on Friday, Biden said that only after the election will voters know about his role on court packaging.
He does not blame the public for wondering, Biden said. He emphasized, though, that any newspaper's headline will be about his response to the issue.
Put the country above the party instead, Biden says
In the final weeks of the election, Joe Biden made a strong effort to appeal to disaffected Republicans and undecided voters. He pledged that he will be a president that will not only strive tirelessly for those who and who do not favor him.
Biden, campaigned in Pennsylvania's Erie County on Saturday night. President Donald Trump said in 2016, "I'm running as a proud Democrat, but I'm going to lead as an American president." He said that before endorsing former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, a Republican who worked under President George W. Bush as Homeland Security Secretary.
"We may not agree on everything - but we agree on this: this is a moment to put country above party," Biden said of Ridge.
Biden's words focused extensively on the economy. He cautioned that the middle-class people are "being left behind by the most uneven recovery in American history" due to COVID-19.
Erie is only one of a variety of counties that has been to in recent weeks on the campaign trail. Biden aims to peel off some of the popularity of Trump to and some of the counties who favored President Barack Obama.
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