In the GOP’s rush to nominate a replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the White House staff and the President seem to not be on the same message. Trump wants to name a nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay,” but there was talk of the insensitive nature of naming a replacement before the beloved justice was laid to rest. Now, according to the New York Times, events to memorialize Ginsburg are being finalized:
A ceremony inside the court is expected as early as Tuesday, according to someone familiar with the plan, followed by an outdoor viewing that would adhere to social distancing guidelines.
A small funeral service is also expected to be held for Justice Ginsburg, who died on Friday at 87, as well as a burial at Arlington National Cemetery later in the week. Her husband, Martin D. Ginsburg, was buried at Arlington in 2010.
This seems to go along with a timeline Trump announced this morning during a phone call to Fox & Friends.
But just minutes before, his press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Gayle King at CBS This Morning that “it would be a real quick turn of events,” saying it’s very likely the choice would be made before Wednesday.
Note that former President Barack Obama waited more than a month to nominate a replacement after Justice Antonin Scalia passed away in 2016.
Republicans have already received criticism for announcing their plans to move forward with a replacement the same night as Ginsburg’s death.