Trump urges Senate Republicans to ‘go nuclear’ to get Supreme Court nominee approved
The president endorsed a scenario that would involve unilaterally changing Senate voting rules if Democrats try to block Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation with a filibuster.
By , Wed., Feb. 1, 2017, https://www.thestar.com/news/w...ominee-approved.html
![On the matter of the Suprme Court nomination, President Trump, here with his daughter Ivanka Trump, endorsed a scenario that would involve majority Republicans unilaterally changing Senate rules over the objections of the Democratic minority.](https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2017/02/01/trump-urges-senate-republicans-to-go-nuclear-to-get-supreme-court-nominee-approved/trump.jpg.size.custom.crop.1086x780.jpg)
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump urged the Senate’s Republican leader on Wednesday to resort to the “nuclear option” of scrapping long-standing chamber rules if needed to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, an aggressive opening to what’s shaping up as a ferocious clash over the future of the high court.