(CNN) Sen. Cory Gardner was blunt in 2016 about why he thought a Supreme Court seat should stay vacant despite then-President Barack Obama's demand to fill it . Steve Bullock -- and is making clear he's fully behind Trump's nominee, who is scheduled to be named Saturday evening. "There's a very clear difference right now in terms of what kind of justice should be on the Supreme Court," Daines said. Democrats, too, spent months in 2016 demanding the seat be filled, warning about the dangers of having just eight seats on the Supreme Court. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, another member of the committee, also repeatedly lambasted Republicans for refusing to hold a confirmation vote in the 2016 election year.

Source: CNN September 24, 2020 00:11 UTC