Trump Claims RBG’s Dying Wish Is A Democratic Hoax

Mediaite reports:

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the dying wish of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was fabricated by his political foes to desist him from choosing a new Supreme Court justice. Ainsley Earhart brought up the statement that Ginsburg dictated to her granddaughter shortly before she died: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”

The statement was given to NPR by Ginsburg’s family, the Supreme Court said. “I don’t know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff, and [Chuck] Schumer and [Nancy] Pelosi,” Trump responded. “I would be more inclined to the second, okay?… That sounds like a Schumer deal or maybe a Pelosi or shifty Schiff. So that came out of the wind. I mean, maybe she did and maybe she didn’t.”

This is why Trump–and maybe McConnell–will lose the fight over the Court seat. It’s one thing to say you’re not going to honor Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish. It’s another thing, as Trump does here, to accuse RBG’s granddaughter, Clara Spera, of lying about her grandmother. https://t.co/MACneVDLCg

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 21, 2020

I’m sure it won’t upset Ginsburg’s grieving family at all that her dying wish as dictated to her granddaughter is now being called a Democratic hoax by the president of the United States. https://t.co/YsfSpXgRJL

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 21, 2020