Trump adds Sen. Ted Cruz to his list of potential Supreme Court nominees – By Todd J. Gillman and Tom Benning (Dallas Morning News) / Sept 9 2020
Texas tea party Republican, a Harvard law graduate, went from bitter rival in the 2016 GOP primaries to top Trump ally in the Senate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump added one-time rival Sen. Ted Cruz to his growing list of potential Supreme Court nominees on Wednesday, along with two other senators and 17 other jurists and prosecutors.
“The nomination of a Supreme Court justice is the most important decision an American president can make,” Trump said, daring rival Joe Biden, the former vice president, to release his own list of potential justices. “The outcomes of these decisions will determine whether we hold fast to our nation’s founding principles or whether they are lost forever.”
Trump used the same tactic in 2016 to rally conservatives, tantalizing the GOP base by releasing a wish list of some of the nation’s most conservative jurists.
Cruz called it an “immense honor” to be considered, left open the possibility he would accept, and used the opportunity to promote his forthcoming book on the stakes when a Supreme Court seat comes open.
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