Sarah Huckabee Sanders Stonewalls On Abortion Questions For SCOTUS Nominee

on July 2, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 02: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House briefing July 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders answered a range of questions related prim... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 02: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House briefing July 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders answered a range of questions related primarily to who U.S. President Donald Trump may appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to say Monday whether President Donald Trump would select a nominee to fill Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

“As the President said last week, he’s not going to talk to judges about specific cases,” Sanders said during the daily press briefing, asked if the President was “still committed to appointing pro-life judges.”

“He’s looking for individuals that have the right intellect, the right temperament and that will uphold the constitution,” she said.

Sanders added, asked whether Trump believed Roe to be “settled law:” “The President is not going to get into asking the candidates about specific cases, but he’s looking for somebody that meets those qualifications that I just outlined.”

However, Trump said during the presidential campaign that he would nominate judges who would overturn Roe, and he said in an interview aired Sunday with Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro that he is “putting conservative people on” the Supreme Court, and that the question of abortion rights “could very well end up with states at some point.”

Sanders stonewalled again later: “Would the President like to see Roe v. Wade overturned?” MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson asked.

“Once again,” Sanders began, “I’m not going to get into any specifics that we would be looking at—”

Jackson clarified that she wasn’t asking about Trump’s nominee selection process, but rather his own personal beliefs.

“Again, as this is ongoing, I’m not going to weigh into anything specific at this point,” Sanders said. 

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  1. This is such a waste of time. Every single judge on the Heritage/Federalist list Don the Con is relying upon is anti choice. Who cares what Sanders the Liar says?

  2. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Short answer: “Of course Trump is going to nominate someone who has promised on the Bible to overturn Roe v. Wade, you idiot!”

  3. They are going to avoid talking about this topic like the plague right up until the test case is presented to the court with the new justice seated.

  4. Another issue I can’t believe most republicans, especially the right politicians, even give a shit about in reality and the religious voters that want it would vote for a heathen abortion believing republican over any anti-abortion democrat any day of the week and especially sunday.

  5. Yeah, all those Sanders, Stein and other non-Clinton voters can rejoice in knowing they made the right choice as Hillary was much worse than Trump could ever be.

    Right?

    Fools!!!

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