Political Battle Heats up Over Ginsburg’s Replacement

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🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In a nation already sharply divided along partisan lines, the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Republican plans to quickly confirm her successor has ignited new political fires. In this hour of Forum, we'll look at how this epic confirmation battle could shape the outcome of an election already upended by the pandemic and concerns about the U.S. Postal Service’s integrity with a political appointee of President Trump in charge. We’ll discuss the political landmines for both Republicans and Democrats so close to a pivotal election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.2	In a nation already sharply divided along partisan lines, the death of justice Ruth
1:06.6	Bader Ginsburg and Republican plans to quickly confirm her successor have ignited
1:11.9	new political fires.
1:14.1	Coming up this hour, how this epic confirmation battle could shape the outcome of an election
1:18.7	already upended by the pandemic and concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's integrity
1:24.4	with a political appointee of President Trump in charge. We'll discuss the political
1:29.0	landmines for both Republicans and Democrats so close to a pivotal election. We'll get started
1:34.8	with Forum right after this. Welcome back to Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer and today for Mina Kim. Well, in the wake of Ruth
1:51.8	Bader Ginsburg's death, it is hard to overstate the political stakes involved in how and when
1:58.1	the U.S. Senate deals with the vacancy. Within an hour of her death Friday, Senate
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