It is not a radical idea to suggest that the winner of this year's presidential election should be the one to select Justice Ginsburg's replacement.

Friends -

I am writing to you today to discuss Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, and to ask you to urge my colleagues in the Senate to do everything possible to slow down the nomination process.

Here is the truth:

Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for our country and our movement. If confirmed, she poses a threat to health care, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, voting rights, workers' rights, environmental protections, and so much more.

Now Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are going to try to rush through Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings and have the Senate vote on her nomination before the end of this year.

We cannot allow that to happen, which is why I am asking you today:

Please sign my petition — tell my Senate colleagues to do all they can to delay the nomination process of Trump's Supreme Court pick, Amy Coney Barrett.

It is not a radical idea to suggest that the winner of this year's presidential election should be the one to select Justice Ginsburg's replacement. In fact, that is what the clear majority of the American people want.

But now that Trump has announced his nominee, Mitch McConnell is planning to rush a vote during this election year — a complete contradiction from his position just a few years ago.

You may recall that in 2016 Mitch McConnell refused to have the Senate vote on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Scalia. McConnell's view at that time was that the nomination should be the job of the next president.

Here is what McConnell told Fox News in 2016:

"The Senate has a role to play here. The president nominates, we decide to confirm. We think the important principle in the middle of this presidential year is that the American people need to weigh in and decide who's going to make this decision."

And it's not just Mitch McConnell — many other Republican senators are on the record saying the same thing.

Well, today I say to my colleagues in the Senate: We must let the next president name Justice Ginsburg's replacement. Respect the will of the American people and delay Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Can I count on you to join me today?

Add your name to urge the Senate to do all it can to slow down the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

We are just 38 days away from the most important election in the modern history of this country. And the American people should have their say in that election before Mitch McConnell pushes through a lifelong appointment to the Supreme Court.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

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