Dear Friend,

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish was that her replacement not be confirmed
until a new president has been installed.^1

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced he will not
respect that wish or his own precedent. Instead, he will hold a vote on
Trump’s nominee.^2

Since RBG's passing on Friday night, it has become clear that the best
chance we have to prevent McConnell from helping Trump to install her
replacement is for Democrats to bring all business in the Senate to a
halt. We've flooded Senate offices with nearly 100,000 emails demanding
that they do exactly that. But we need your help to dramatically ramp up
this grassroots effort.

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from voting on Trump's replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

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It's ridiculous that McConnell is trying to rush through a Supreme Court
nomination when he has forced the Senate to a crawl when it comes to the
coronavirus relief bill.

But this isn't just about stopping McConnell's hypocrisy. Everything we
care about hangs in the balance. A 6-3 Trump majority on the Supreme Court
means further erosion of voting rights, a massive expansion of corporate
power, and likely the end of the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade.

A confirmation process starting right now would never provide the time to
fully vet any nominee or provide a full picture of the person prior to a
lifetime appointment. And it sets up a possible vote in the lame duck
session after November—in other words, a Supreme Court justice might be
confirmed by a Senate that has been voted out of office. It's a mockery of
democracy.

Our best hope to stop McConnell from stealing another Supreme Court seat
for Trump is by blocking unanimous consent on everything that is moving
through the Senate for the rest of the year.

Senators can block every motion, force every bill to be read in full, and
use a number of other tactics to shut down the Senate between now and the
inauguration of the new president and new senators.

It's a drastic measure, but these are dire times. Demand Progress members
have already begun sending emails, making calls, taking to the streets,
and doing everything possible to give senators the courage and political
wherewithal to stop McConnell's last chance to stack the highest Court
with right-wing extremism. But we can't sustain this over the coming weeks
and months without your help.

[ [link removed] ]Please rush an emergency donation now to help stop Trump and McConnell
from picking RBG's successor.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. NPR, "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At
87," [ [link removed] ]September 18, 2020
2. Mitch McConnell "McConnell Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg," [ [link removed] ]September 18, 2020
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